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push-in

push-in noun: a mugging in which a robber group of robbers waits in a hallway for the victim to come home and then pushes them into the apartment. Also the alternative form of push in.

Noun

push-in (plural push-ins)

  1. (slang) A mugging in which a robber group of robbers waits in a hallway for the victim to come home and then pushes them into the apartment.
    • The three of us were hanging out rapping in Hamilton projects with some niggahs Pimp had got tight with on Rikers Island. Them fools had done a push-in and took over some old lady's apartment, and they were in there cutting crack and mixing weight.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 103

Also used as

push-in is also the alternative form of push in.

Forms of push-in

pluralpush-ins

Questions about push-in

What does push-in mean?
Push-in means a mugging in which a robber group of robbers waits in a hallway for the victim to come home and then pushes them into the apartment.
What part of speech is push-in?
Push-in is a noun.
What is the plural of push-in?
The plural of push-in is push-ins.

Words near push-in in the dictionary

  1. push-biking
  2. push-button
  3. push-buttons
  4. push-cycle
  5. push-cycles
  6. push-in
  7. push-ins
  8. push-me-I-push-you
  9. push-mow
  10. push-mowed
  11. push-mowing

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