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Thrusting   /θrˈəstɪŋ/   Listen
Thrusting

noun
1.
A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).  Synonyms: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust.  "He made a thrusting motion with his fist"


Thrust

verb
(past thrust; past part. thrust)
1.
Push forcefully.
2.
Press or force.  Synonyms: shove, squeeze, stuff.  "She thrust the letter into his hand"
3.
Make a thrusting forward movement.  Synonyms: hurl, hurtle, lunge.
4.
Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.  Synonym: force.
5.
Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument.  Synonym: pierce.
6.
Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock.
7.
Push upward.  Synonym: push up.
8.
Place or put with great energy.  Synonym: throw.  "Thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"



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"Thrusting" Quotes from Famous Books



... newspaper man thinking and the flapper flapping, they came together to a cabaret in the neighborhood. The orchestra filled the place with confetti of sound. Laughter, shouts, a leap of voices, blazing lights, perspiring waiters, faces and hats thrusting vivid stencils through the ...
— A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago • Ben Hecht
... he? Is not his skin white?" said a youth, presumptuously thrusting himself into the conclave of ...
— The Elephant God • Gordon Casserly
... physical facts they knew, the immediate yearnings and raptures of the flesh—the touch of finger tips on hand or arm, the momentary pressure of a hand-clasp, the rare lip-caress of a kiss, the tingling thrill of her hair upon his cheek, of her hand lightly thrusting back the locks from above his eyes. All this they knew, but also, and they knew not why, there seemed a hint of sin about these caresses and sweet ...
— The Game • Jack London
... the case had been the right one; yet, thrusting it from him, he had ruthlessly plunged himself and her into a hopeless abyss ...
— The Mistress of Shenstone • Florence L. Barclay
... sir;" but he was not effusive. He looked out of the window and hugged his bundle. Half-way to Old Chester he began to nibble the apple, biting it very slowly, so that he might not make a noise, and thrusting it back into his pocket after each bite with an apprehensive glance at the gentleman in the corner. When he had finished it and swallowed the core, he ...
— The Awakening of Helena Richie • Margaret Deland


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