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thrusting

THRUST-ing/ˈθɹʌstɪŋ/

Noun pluralthrustings

4 meanings of thrusting

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of thrust. Use it after is or was, or to name the action.

    The boy kept thrusting his hand into the air to answer.

    The crowd was thrusting forward to see the singer.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    A hard, strong pushing movement made by a person or thing.

    The thrusting of the waves pushed the boat up onto the sand.

    We could feel the thrusting of the engines as the plane took off.

    Similarpushing, pumping, lunging

Less common meanings

  1. 3
    noun
    The act of squeezing curd by hand, to expel the whey.
  2. 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 someone or something hard. Full entry

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

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