Word Meaning

Meaning of thrusts

- Thrist.
- of Thrust
- To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.
- To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.
- To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
- To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
- To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.
- A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a term of fencing.
- An attack; an assault.
- The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.
- The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.

Crossword clue for thrusts

- Driving force
- Impetus
- Lunge
- Propulsive force
- Push forcibly
- push forward with sudden force
- Push roughly
- Push with force
- Stab
- Drives Ruth around streets
- Epee manoeuvres
- Fencing attacks
- Forces
- Lunges
- Pushes forward with force - gist
- Pushes through US streets
- Pushes with force
- Shoves
- This half corrodes and pushes forward