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home thrust

home thrust noun: a well-directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part.

Noun

home thrust (plural home thrusts)

  1. A well-directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part.
  2. (figuratively) A personal attack.
    • “I make it a point of honour not to lose a man for King George (God bless him!) and the gallows.”
      The rogues looked at each other but swallowed the home-thrust in silence.1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

Forms of home thrust

pluralhome thrusts

Questions about home thrust

What does home thrust mean?
Home thrust means a well-directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part.
What part of speech is home thrust?
Home thrust is a noun.
What is the plural of home thrust?
The plural of home thrust is home thrusts.

Words near home thrust in the dictionary

  1. home teams
  2. home theater
  3. home theaters
  4. home theatre
  5. home theatres
  6. home thrust
  7. home thrusts
  8. home town
  9. home towns
  10. home training
  11. home truth

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