Overview of noun thrusting

The noun thrusting has 1 sense

• jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting -- (a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist")

Overview of verb thrust

The verb thrust has 8 senses

• thrust -- (push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward")


• thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze -- (press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand")


• lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust -- (make a thrusting forward movement)


• force, thrust -- (impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him")


• pierce, thrust -- (penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument)


• thrust -- (force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock)


• thrust, push up -- (push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air")


• throw, thrust -- (place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar")