Definition of: push

(psh) v.t.
1. To exert force upon or against (an object) for the purpose of moving.
2. To force (one's way), as through a crowd, jungle, etc.
3. To press forward, prosecute, or develop with vigor and persistence: to push trade with South America.
4. To urge, advocate, or promote vigorously and persistently: to push a new product.
5. To bear hard upon; distress; harass: I am pushed for time.
6. Slang To sell (narcotic drugs) illegally.
—v.i.
7. To exert steady pressure against something so as to move it.
8. To move or advance vigorously or persistently.
9. To exert great effort.
10. To project; extend; reach: The island pushed out far into the sea.
—noun
1. A propelling or thrusting pressure; repulsion as opposed to attraction or pull; a shove.
2. Colloq. An extremity; exigency: at a push for money.
3. Determined activity; energy.
4. Anything pushed to cause action; a pushbutton.
5. Slang The crowd; a number of friends or associates: He fooled the whole push; also, an influential clique.
6. Austral. Slang A body of larrikins. [<OF pousser, polser <L pulsare. See PULSATE.]