# pushing

Pronunciation: say "PUUSH-ing" /ˈpʊʃɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of push. — present participle and gerund of push
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of push. Use this -ing form for an action happening now or for the name of the action.
   - _The toddler kept pushing the buttons on the remote._
   - _Pushing through the dense crowd, she finally reached the front._

## Noun

2. The action of moving something away by applying pressure to it.
   - Simple: The act of pressing on something to move it away from you.
   - _The sudden pushing of the crowd sent several people stumbling._
   - _A steady pushing on the plunger forced the liquid out._

## Adjective

3. That presses or drives forward.
   - Simple: Moving or pressing forward with force.
   - _The pushing pressure of the floodwater forced the gate open._
   - _Engineers studied the pushing thrust that propelled the rocket upward._

## Adjective

4. Aggressively assertive in manner; pushy. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Too forceful in trying to get what you want.
   - _His pushing ambition offended the more reserved members of the club._
   - _The pushing young man elbowed his way into every conversation at the soirée._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pushing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).