thrust

push forcefully

• “He thrust his chin forward”

press or force

• “Stuff money into an envelope”
• “She thrust the letter into his hand”

make a thrusting forward movement

impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably

• “She forced her diet fads on him”

penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

geology: thrust (molten rock) into pre-existing rock

push upward

• “The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air”

place or put with great energy

• “She threw the blanket around the child”
• “thrust the money in the hands of the beggar”

the force used in pushing

• “the push of the water on the walls of the tank”
• “the thrust of the jet engines”

a thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument

• “one strong stab to the heart killed him”

the act of applying force to propel something

• “after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off”

verbal criticism

• “he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians”

a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

• “he warned me with a jab with his finger”
• “he made a thrusting motion with his fist”