Definitions for pushing
ˈpʊʃ ɪŋpush·ing

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1. push, pushing(noun)

   the act of applying force in order to move something away

   "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise"

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1. pushing(Verb)

   Dealing illicit drugs, especially to minors.

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1. Pushing

   of Push

2. Pushing(adj)

   pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving; energetic; also, forward; officious, intrusive

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pushing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4177

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pushing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2580

Anagrams for pushing »

1. gunship

How to pronounce pushing?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pushing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pushing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of pushing in a Sentence

1. Rick Francona:

   This is this administration pushing this off to the next administration because the next time they have to make this decision, it will be a different president in the White House.

2. The NRA:

   Ultimately, our members are passionate # 2Asupporters. Having those on the left pushing for a boycott to pressure companies to drop discounts just shows how out of touch some are.

3. Michelle Cravez:

   It quickly became apparent that demand was pushing costs up and seats were going fast, shortly after, we find out that this ruling may not apply to citizens. Still, with everything so fluid - who knows whether flights start getting canceled - we decided to bite the bullet and book a new itinerary that got us home before the deadline.

4. Eric Schultz:

   The US did not draft this resolution nor did the US introduce this resolution, the Egyptians, in partnership with the Palestinians, are the ones who began circulating an earlier draft of the resolution. The Egyptians are the ones who moved it forward on Friday. And we took the position that we did when it was put to a vote. The White House already has acknowledged Obama made the decision for U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power to abstain. Unclear was how involved the Obama administration was in crafting and pushing the resolution itself – which initially was put forward by Egypt, and then pursued as well by New Zealand, Malaysia, Senegal and Venezuela. Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday that while the U.S. and Israel for decades had disagreed on settlements, they had an understanding that such action before the U.N. Security Council would make peace negotiations harder.

5. Nishant Yagnick:

   We are seeing a lot of complex dance moves that they just copy but don't really learn from a professional, they are young, 18 or younger, and they want to get ahead, and they are pushing themselves. They don't know what they are dealing with. There should be education on the right and wrong way to do things.

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