Thrusting

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The motion by which someone or something thrusts.
  2. 2
    a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of squeezing curd by hand, to expel the whey.
  4. 4
    The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of thrust form-of, gerund, participle, present

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bruntbumpcannoncaromclashcollision

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"When the experimental antigravity aircraft flew over the town, emitting downward thrusting pulse waves, everyone immediately below involuntarily emptied their bladder."

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