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| Main Entry: |
junction/juncture
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | link, connection |
| Synonyms: | alliance, annexation, articulation, assemblage, attachment, bond, coalition, coherence, collocation, combination, combine, concatenation, concourse, concursion, confluence, conjugation, consolidation, convergence, coupling, crossing, crossroads, dovetail, elbow, gathering, gore, hinge, hookup, interface, intersection, joining, joint, knee, linking, meeting, miter, mortise, node, pivot, plug-in, reunion, seam, splice, terminal, tie-in, tie-up, union, weld |
| Main Entry: | prod |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | poke at |
| Synonyms: | crowd, dig, drive, elbow, goose, jab, jog, nudge, press, prick, punch, push, shove |
| Main Entry: | push |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrust, press with force |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, bear down, budge, bulldoze, bump, butt, crowd, crush against, depress, dig, drive, elbow, exert, force, gore, high pressure, hustle, impel, jam, jostle, launch, lie on, make one's way, move, muscle, nudge, poke, pour it on, pressure, propel, put the arm on, railroad, ram, rest on, shift, shoulder, shove, squash, squeeze, squish, steamroll, stir, strain, strong-arm |
| Antonyms: | pull |
| Main Entry: | shoulder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push, jostle |
| Synonyms: | bulldoze, elbow, hustle, nudge, press, push aside, shove, thrust |
| Main Entry: | shove |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push without gentleness |
| Synonyms: | boost, buck, bulldoze, cram, crowd, dig, drive, elbow, hustle, impel, jab, jam, jostle, nudge, poke, press, prod, propel, shoulder, thrust |
| Antonyms: | pull |
| Main Entry: | thrust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push hard |
| Synonyms: | advance, assail, assault, attack, bear down, boost, buck, butt, chuck, chunk, clip, clout, crowd, cut, dig, drive, elbow, embed, fire, force, heave, hump, impale, impel, interject, jab, jam, jostle, lob, lunge, nick, nudge, peg, pierce, pitch, plunge, poke, pour it on, press, prod, propel, punch, push forward, put, railroad, ram, run, shove, sink, sling, smack, stab*, stick, toss, transfix, urge, wham |
| Antonyms: | pull |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | junction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection |
| Synonyms: | alliance, annexation, articulation, assemblage, attachment, bond, coalition, coherence, collocation, combination, combine, concatenation, concourse, concursion, confluence, conjugation, consolidation, convergence, coupling, crossing, crossroads, dovetail, elbow, gathering, gore, hinge, hookup, interface, intersection, joining, joint, juncture, knee, link, linking, meeting, miter, mortise, node, pivot, plug-in, reunion, seam, splice, terminal, tie-in, tie-up, union, weld |
| Notes: | junction means the place where two or more things come together while juncture means an event that occurs at a critical time or point in time when a critical decision must be made |
| Main Entry: | marching orders |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | request to leave |
| Synonyms: | boot, bounce, chuck, drumming out, elbow, gate, heave-ho, orders to move on, pink slip, sack, walking papers |
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