2. Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.
3. An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action. Exact reformation is not perfected at the first push. Milton. hen it comes to the push, tic no more than talk. L' Estrange.
4. The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push. [Colloq.]
Syn.
— See Thrust.
PUSH BUTTON
Push button. (Elec.)
Defn: A simple device, resembling a button in form, so arranged that pushing it closes an electric circuit, as of an electric bell.
PUSHER
Push"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, pushes.
PUSHING
Push"ing, a.
Defn: Pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving; energetic; also, forward; officious, intrusive. — Push"ing*ly, adv.