'To thrust off' definitions:
Definition of 'To thrust off'
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- Thrust \Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrust; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrusting.] [OE. ?rusten, ?risten, ?resten, Icel. ?r?st? to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. [1913 Webster]
- To thrust away or To thrust from, to push away; to reject.
- To thrust in, to push or drive in.
- To thrust off, to push away.
- To thrust on, to impel; to urge.
- To thrust one's self in or To thrust one's self into, to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome.
- To thrust out, to drive out or away; to expel.
- To thrust through, to pierce; to stab. "I am eight times thrust through the doublet." --Shak.
- To thrust together, to compress. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To thrust off'
- Thrust,
- Thrusting,
- To thrust from,
- To thrust in,
- To thrust on,
- To thrust out,
- To thrust through,
- To thrust to,
- thrust in,
- thrust out,
- Home thrust,
- Thrust bearing,
- Thrust plane,
- Thrusting screw,
- To thrust away,
- To thrust together,
- knife thrust,
- straight thrust,
- thrust ahead,
- thrust aside,
- thrust back,
- thrust fault,
- thrust stage,
- To thrust one's nose into,
- To thrust one's self in,
- To thrust one's self into,
- cut-and-thrust,
- orange-breasted thrust