noun
- A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow. )
- usage: "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"
verb
- Push forcefully.
- usage: "He thrust his chin forward"
- synonyms: thrust
- Press or force.
- usage: "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
- Make a thrusting forward movement.
- Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.
- usage: "She forced her diet fads on him"
- Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument.
- Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock.
- synonyms: thrust
- Push upward.
- usage: "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
- Place or put with great energy.
- usage: "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
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