Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that pushes.
- noun Slang One who sells drugs illegally.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which pushes; one who drives forward.
- noun In mech., a stem or rod, usually with a button on the outer end, by which, from the outside of an inclosed space, some movement or result is accomplished within the space by pressing upon the button or outer extremity of the rod to push it toward the interior: as, the pusher of an electric signal or a system of electric bells, whereby an electric circuit is completed or broken.
- noun One of the levers of a type-setting machine, which, when touched on the keyboard, dislodges and pushes out a type.
- noun In railroading, an assisting locomotive placed behind a train to aid the train-engine in surmounting a steep grade. The use of a pusher over a short incline makes it possible to handle heavy trains with single engines over long levels above and below the incline.
- noun A glove-like protection made of chamois-skin or soft leather to be slipped on over the toes and instep when wearing the shoes used in running and other athletic sports.
- noun A small implement, usually of silver, used by a child, at table, to push its food upon a fork or spoon.
- noun Nautical, the seventh mast on a seven-masted vessel, the masts being named in order as follows: fore-, main-, raizzen-, jigger-, spanker-, driver-, and pusher-mast.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, pushes.
- noun One who sells illegal drugs, esp. one who tries to convince others to use such drugs.
- noun (Railroad) a second engine attached to the rear of a train to provide extra power for climbing steep grades.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That which
pushes . - noun An
illegal drug dealer . - noun aviation (
aircraft configuration ) an aircraft with the propeller behind thefuselage .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one who intrudes or pushes himself forward
- noun a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes
- noun someone who pushes
- noun a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
- noun an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
Etymologies
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Examples
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On April 14, accompanied by his mechanic Teodoro Madariaga, Salinas flew Sonora, his Glenn Martin pusher biplane, overhead and began bombing the Guerrero.
Did You Know? The World's first aerial bombing: the Battle of Topolobampo, Mexico 2008
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On April 14, accompanied by his mechanic Teodoro Madariaga, Salinas flew Sonora, his Glenn Martin pusher biplane, overhead and began bombing the Guerrero.
Did You Know? The World's first aerial bombing: the Battle of Topolobampo, Mexico 2008
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Frist is the main pusher of the nuclear option and if he is too sidetracked or marginalized as is Delay, then the attempt by the neocons to savage tradition has less of a chance of happening.
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Except, perhaps, if the pusher is teaching you how to sell cut drugs.
Archive 2005-09-01 2005
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In the film, Belle's Kira is a "pusher" - someone with the ability to manipulate memories-who has escaped the government agency that's trying to experiment on her.
SCI FI Wire 2009
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The pusher is the person who is the most direct cause [of crime], but many pushers are ...
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2007
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The pusher was a man named Jack Mort ... except the thing hiding inside of Mort's head and guiding his murderous hands on this par-ticular occasion was Roland's old enemy, Walter.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said Wednesday his office and the Arizona Department of Gaming confiscated 70 coin pusher games at 57 restaurants, bars, arcades and other locations.
Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal 2010
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Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said Wednesday his office and the Arizona Department of Gaming confiscated 70 coin pusher games at 57 restaurants, bars, arcades and other locations.
Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal 2010
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Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said Wednesday his office and the Arizona Department of Gaming confiscated 70 coin pusher games at 57 restaurants, bars, arcades and other locations.
Philadelphia Business News - Local Philadelphia News | The Philadelphia Business Journal 2010
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