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THRUSTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
Example:
he made a thrusting motion with his fist
Synonyms:
jab; jabbing; poke; poking; thrust; thrusting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("thrusting" is a kind of...):
gesture (motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling)
Derivation:
thrust (make a thrusting forward movement)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb thrust
Context examples:
"Come here, Alfred," he called to the crying child, at the same time thrusting his hand into his trousers pocket, where he carried his money loose in the same large way that he lived life in general.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He looked upon it for a moment, thrusting forth his under jaw, tried the point upon his hand, and then, hastily concealing it in the bosom of his jacket, trundled back again into his old place against the bulwark.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
There was much laughter and clapping of glasses upon the table at the conclusion of old Buckhorse’s story, and I saw the Prince of Wales hand something to the waiter, who brought it round and slipped it into the skinny hand of the veteran, who spat upon it before thrusting it into his pocket.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Behind him rode six others, two and two, clad in sober brown jerkins, with the long yellow staves of their bows thrusting out from behind their right shoulders.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He had picked up the shot-gun dropped by Dennin and was thrusting in the shells.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
These words I not only thought, but uttered; and thrusting back all my misery into my heart, I made an effort to compel it to remain there—dumb and still.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
He never took his eyes from the god, thrusting his head forward with ears flattened back and hair involuntarily rising and cresting on his neck.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
But his eyes did light upon me, and looked squarely into mine; and he did see me, for he sprang to the wheel, thrusting the other man aside, and whirled it round and round, hand over hand, at the same time shouting orders of some sort.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He curled himself up in his chair, with his thin knees drawn up to his hawk-like nose, and there he sat with his eyes closed and his black clay pipe thrusting out like the bill of some strange bird.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Next, he was no longer an onlooker but was himself in the canoe, Moti was crying out, they were both thrusting hard with their paddles, racing on the steep face of the flying turquoise.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
