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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | push, usually up |
| Synonyms: | advance, goose, heave, hoist, lift, raise, shove, thrust |
| Main Entry: | nudge |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | bump, elbow |
| Synonyms: | dig, jab, jog, poke, prod, punch, push, shove, tap, touch |
| Main Entry: | poke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | push, thrust |
| Synonyms: | blow, boost, bunt, butt, dig, hit, jab, nudge, prod, punch, shove, stab |
| Main Entry: | push |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical force |
| Synonyms: | advance, assault, attack, bearing, blow, butt, charge, drive, driving, effort, energy, exerting, exertion, forcing, impact, jolt, lean, mass, nudge, offensive, onset, poke, prod, propulsion, shove, shoving, straining, thrust, thrusting, weight |
| Antonyms: | pull |
| Main Entry: | thrust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forward movement |
| Synonyms: | advance, blitz, boost, drive, impetus, impulsion, jump, lunge, momentum, onset, onslaught, poke, pressure, prod, propulsion, punch, push, shove, stab, whack, wham |
| Antonyms: | pull |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Impulse. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
impulse, sudden thought; impromptu, improvisation; inspiration, flash, spurt. improvisatore; creature of impulse.
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