Noun

• S: (n) push, thrust (the force used in pushing) "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"
• S: (n) stab, thrust, knife thrust (a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument) "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) drive, thrust, driving force (the act of applying force to propel something) "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
• S: (n) thrust (verbal criticism) "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"
• S: (n) 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"

Verb

• S: (v) thrust (push forcefully) "He thrust his chin forward"
• S: (v) thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze (press or force) "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
• S: (v) lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust (make a thrusting forward movement)
• S: (v) force, thrust (impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably) "She forced her diet fads on him"
• S: (v) pierce, thrust (penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument)
• S: (v) thrust (force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock)
• S: (v) thrust, push up (push upward) "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
• S: (v) throw, thrust (place or put with great energy) "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"