thrusting

THRUST-ing/ˈθɹʌstɪŋ/

Noun pluralthrustings

4 meanings of thrusting

1
verb
Present participle and gerund of thrust.
Reporters crowded the courthouse steps, thrusting microphones at the senator.
The company is thrusting new duties on its staff without any extra pay.
Note
Thrust keeps its bare shape in the past tense and past participle (she thrust, she has thrust), and the -ing simply goes onto the base. The preposition steers the meaning: thrusting a microphone at someone pushes it toward them, thrusting duties on someone forces the duties upon them, and thrusting through a crowd is pushing one's way in.
2
nouncountable or uncountable
A forceful pushing or driving motion made by a person or thing.
The steady thrusting of the pistons shook the whole deck.
The fencers' quick thrustings and parries drew cheers from the crowd.
Similarpushing, pumping, lunging

Less common meanings

3
noun
The act of squeezing curd by hand, to expel the whey.
4
noun
The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.

thrusting is a form of thrust

thrust, verb: To push or drive someone or something forcefully, as with a shove. Full entry

Forms: thrust also past tense, past participlethrusts he/she/itthrusting -ing form
Spelling: thrust → thrusting: add -ing

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