thrust
verb/θrʌst/
/θrʌst/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they thrust | /θrʌst/ /θrʌst/ |
| he / she / it thrusts | /θrʌsts/ /θrʌsts/ |
| past simple thrust | /θrʌst/ /θrʌst/ |
| past participle thrust | /θrʌst/ /θrʌst/ |
| -ing form thrusting | /ˈθrʌstɪŋ/ /ˈθrʌstɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to push something/somebody suddenly or violently in a particular direction; to move quickly and suddenly in a particular direction
- thrust something/somebody/yourself + adv/prep. He thrust the baby into my arms and ran off.
- She thrust her hands deep into her pockets.
- (figurative) He tends to thrust himself forward too much.
- Her chin was thrust forward aggressively.
- + adv./prep. She thrust past him angrily and left.
Extra Examples- He thrust a piece of paper at me.
- A microphone was thrust through the curtains.
- She thrust her way through the dense undergrowth.
- He thrust a handkerchief out to her.
- My mother thrust the newspaper back into her bag.
- She suddenly thrust out her arm.
- Mike thrust her towards the staircase.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- deeply
- hard
- …
- at
- into
- thrust your way
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- [intransitive, transitive] to make a sudden, strong forward movement at somebody with a weapon, etc.
- thrust (at somebody) (with something) He thrust at me with a knife.
- a thrusting movement
- thrust something at somebody She thrust the poker at her attacker with all her force.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- deeply
- hard
- …
- at
- into
- thrust your way
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Old Norse thrýsta; perhaps related to Latin trudere ‘to thrust’. The noun is first recorded (early 16th cent.) in the sense ‘act of pressing’.
Idioms
See thrust in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee thrust in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishforce/thrust/ram something down somebody’s throat
- (informal) to try to force somebody to listen to and accept your opinions in a way that they find annoying
- People are sick of having advertising rammed down their throats.
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