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push

/ˈpʊʃ/PUUSH
/ˈpʊʃ/PUUSH

Meaningto beat, thrust

Common meaning: to shove

Journey through time

  1. Latinpulsare‘to beat, strike, thrust’source
  2. Old Frenchpoussersource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto beat, strike, thrust → to shovepush‘to shove’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pulsare ‘to beat, thrust’.

Source words

  • pulsare Latin · source word “to beat, thrust”

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