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Definition of Thrusting
1. Noun. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow). "He made a thrusting motion with his fist"
Generic synonyms: Gesture
Derivative terms: Jab, Jab, Poke, Poke, Poke, Thrust, Thrust
Definition of Thrusting
1. n. The act of pushing with force.
Definition of Thrusting
1. Verb. (present participle of thrust) ¹
2. Noun. The motion by which someone or something thrusts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thrusting
1. thrust [v] - See also: thrust
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrusting
Literary usage of Thrusting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"For Hector pierced him through the cheek and ear ; Cleaving his tongue and
thrusting out his teeth, The point pass'd downward ; from the seat he fell, ..."
2. The Act of Touch in All Its Diversity: An Analysis and Synthesis of by Tobias Matthay (1903)
"It is imperative thoroughly to distinguish between these two completely opposite
attitudes of the Finger, — the difference between the thrusting (or bent) ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1885)
"TC thrusting in the pendant) did repeat both the hour and quarter with the some
thrust. BARLOW, alias BOOTH, EDWARD (1639-1710), priest and mechanician, ..."
4. A Study of the Relation of Accuracy to Speed by Henry Edward Garrett (1922)
"There is very little difference between the mechanics of the tracing and the
thrusting movements, as here used; both are comparatively short and ..."
5. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"To Turnus' arms. More meet and just it were "Had Turnus met this death that makes
you mourn. "If he would end our quarrel sword in hand, " thrusting us ..."
6. Correspondence of James Fenimore-Cooper by James Fenimore Cooper (1922)
"She had a bitter moment at parting, and in thrusting her head out of the cars to
look after him, came near having it knocked off by a post. ..."
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