thrusting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
    poke; poking; jabbing; thrust; jab.
    • he warned me with a jab with his finger
    • he made a thrusting motion with his fist
  2. verb push forcefully
    thrust.
    • He thrust his chin forward
  3. verb press or force
    thrust; squeeze; stuff; shove.
    • Stuff money into an envelope
    • She thrust the letter into his hand
  4. verb make a thrusting forward movement
    lunge; thrust; hurtle; hurl.
  5. verb impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
    thrust; force.
    • She forced her diet fads on him
  6. verb penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
    thrust; pierce.
  7. verb force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
    thrust.
  8. verb push upward
    thrust; push up.
    • The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air
  9. verb place or put with great energy
    thrust; throw.
    • She threw the blanket around the child
    • thrust the money in the hands of the beggar

WordNet

Thrust"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act of pushing with force.
  2. (Dairies) (a) The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey. (b) pl. The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made. Written also thrutchthings. Prov. Eng.

Webster 1913