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Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to wedge one's way..

Hippe :: Hippe (n.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura..

Scramble :: Scramble (n.) The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office..

Treadwheel :: Treadwheel (n.) A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill..

Sticker :: Sticker (n.) In the organ, a small wooden rod which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing..

Punt :: Punt (v. t.) To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a pole against the bottom; to push or propel (anything) with exertion..

Shove :: Shove (v. i.) To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.

Thrust :: Thrust (v. i.) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny..

Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..

Thrusting :: Thrusting (n.) The act of pushing with force.

Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. t.) To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of, as of the cards in a pack..

Jerking :: "Jerking (n.) The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk..

Press :: Press (v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd..

Extrusion :: Extrusion (n.) The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.

Pushing :: Pushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pus.

Embolic :: Embolic (a.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.

Trusion :: Trusion (n.) The act of pushing or thrusting.

Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger when pushing the needle through the material. It is usually made of metal, and has upon the outer surface numerous small pits to catch the head of the needle..

Shove :: Shove (v. i.) To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off..

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