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Definition of Pushup
1. Noun. An arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms.
Definition of Pushup
1. Noun. (alternative form of push-up) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pushup
1. a type of exercise [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pushup
Literary usage of Pushup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1881)
"Give him time and line; check him gently; when he is stubborn give him the butt,
which is done by pushup the butt end of the rod out toward the fish. ..."
2. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1855)
"It is of importance, in a practical point of view, to distinguish lie following
varieties of neuralgia of the branches of the fifth nerve, pushup hrough the ..."
3. Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada by University of Toronto (1902)
"... are too colloquial, such as : " Roger was looked upon as quite one of the most
rising men" (p. 153); "Wolfe went on ahead to pushup the river" (p. ..."
4. Fraser's Magazine (1876)
"There is always the recoil sure to follow, by which the nation may be carried
for a time back farther than artificial pushup ever advanced it. ..."
5. Gymnastics: A Text-book of the German-American System of Gymnastics by William Albin Stecher (1896)
"... are on a level with the hands, then turn the hands forward and straighten the
arms, pushing the body upwards into the resting position — pushup. ..."
6. Getting Fit Your Way: A Self-paced Fitness Guide (1993)
"Keeping your body straight, push yourself up and lock your elbows to complete
the pushup. Sit-ups Lie flat on your back with your knees bent at ..."
7. Minimum Course of Study: Reports of Committees on Minimum Essentials in by Ernest Carroll Moore (1922)
"... Baseball throw for strike, pushup, sit-up, 60 yd. dash, running broad jump.
ball, Bat Ball. Grade 6 — Baseball, Captain Ball, Soccer, Hand Ball, Belays. ..."
8. The Practice of Obstetrics: Designed for the Use of Students and by James Clifton Edgar (1912)
"In such cases it is advisable to withdraw the vaginal hand, the external hand
still firmly holding the head at the inlet, and to use this hand to pushup the ..."
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