Thesaurus: thrusting

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Thrust
2. n. The act of pushing with force.
3. n. The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey.
4. n. The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.
5. n. a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
6. 1. The act of pushing with force. 2. (Dairies) (a) The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey. (b) pl. The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made. [Written also thrutchthings.] [Prov. Eng.] Thrusting screw, the screw of a screw press, as for pressing curd in making cheese. [R.]
7. The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curdby the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made. [Written alsothrutchthings.] [Prov. Eng.] Thrusting screw, the screw of a screwpress, as for pressing curd in making cheese. [R.]
8. j:100 n a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) v push forcefully v press or force v make a thrusting forward movement v impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably v penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument v force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock v push upward v place or put with great energy