to push
- verb
- /pʊʃ/
- Couple more pushes and we get the placenta, okay?
Umm and eventually she's pushing over the course of an hour, pushing, pushing, pushing.
- Umm and eventually she's pushing over the course of an hour, pushing, pushing, pushing.
Examples
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You had me push three times for every contraction.
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Sarah saw immediately that Mrs. Higgins was already pushing, a sure sign of advanced labor.
Fiction book (1999) -
Push, dear, you have to push the baby out, push.
Fiction book (2002) -
I see the head, push!
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- Yes, doctor, you just say push and the baby pops out.
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My little Fishbone got so big that two nurses had to help push him out.
Fiction book (1990) -
I have not slept and I have a massive baby pushing into my pelvis.
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You're pushing an entire human being out of your vagina.
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The breath explodes from her lungs as she pushes really hard.
Fiction book (1996) -
When it was time to push, she focused on her breathing to help the process.
Synonyms
To move something outward using force
To push something out with effort or pressure
To make someone leave a place or job by pressure
Make strong pushing movements to help move the baby out during birth
Push something outward suddenly and strongly
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To try to make something happen when it is already easy or people already agree
Phrasal Verbs
Make a person or thing work as hard as possible until they cannot keep going
- Informal
Move forward through a crowd by forcing people aside with your body
Compounds
A small switch you press with a finger to control a machine like a coffee maker or elevator
A radio you change stations on by pressing preset buttons instead of turning a dial
- Specialized
A storage where the last thing put in comes out first, like a pile of plates
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb push in childbirth is literal and comes from Latin pulsare 'to beat' and pellere 'to drive'. Mothers are told to push with each contraction to help drive the baby out, which matches the word's origin.