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push-ins

push-ins is the plural of push-in.

Meaning 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

Questions about push-ins

What is push-ins the plural of?
Push-ins is the plural of push-in.

Words near push-ins in the dictionary

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

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