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pushie

Syllables: push·ie/ˈpʊʃ.i/

pushie noun: a pushbike.

Noun (1)

pushie (plural pushies)

  1. (Australia, informal) A pushbike.
    • I've seen guys holding boards out of windows like they were riding a pushie. Pretty easy to get caught by the wind and whipped out of your hand.2003, Taj Burrow, edited by Sam McIntosh, Taj Burrow's Book of Hot Surfing, Rollingyouth Press, →ISBN, page 87
    • Another man, who had been sitting at the next table, joined in the conversation. 'You blokes want to be real careful riding pushies on this highway,' he said. 'I picked up the bits of the last bloke who pedalled through here.'2005, Andy Brown, Tim Garratt, Discovery Road, 4 edition, Eye Books, →ISBN, page 64

Noun (2)

pushie (plural pushies)

  1. (familiar, plural-normally) The act of soiling a diaper.
    • There is some so childish and little feeling about making a big pushie in my pants or diapers...I love it😋2018 February 16, @thediapyfireman, Twitter
    • Sure you don't! You also don't love being praised for making pushies like a good baby boy, after all... You don't like getting intimately changed by a loving Mommy as she coos, patting your head for knowing exactly what your diapers are for~2021 September 7, @PaciedMaeve, Twitter
    Synonyms:
    pamper packing

Examples of pushie in a sentence

  • As I rode my pushie along the black asphalt path through the school, I imagined the joy I'd feel, sitting on my bed that night reading The BFG.2009, Heath Ducker, Samantha Trenoweth, A Room at the Top, Penguin Random House, →ISBN, page 36:
  • I have ridden pushies my whole life, but I never would have called myself a keen cyclist.2015 August, Dylan Ruddy, “The Final Stage”, in Mitch Lees, editor, Australasian Dirt Bike, Bauer Trader Media, page 115:
  • Now Mr Forbes is that person on a pushie.2023 March 20, “Forbes swaps headlines for headwinds in solo cycle across Australia”, in Bond University:
  • "Are you making pushies, Lily bean?" Lily nods, feeling embarrassed and humiliated in front of all those people.2023 June 19, “Lily's Day At the Zoo”, in AB World Magazine, number 4, page 22:

Synonyms of pushie

Forms of pushie

pluralpushies

Origin of pushie

From push(bike) + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

From push + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Words that rhyme with pushie

Questions about pushie

What does pushie mean?
Pushie means a pushbike.
How do you use pushie in a sentence?
As I rode my pushie along the black asphalt path through the school, I imagined the joy I'd feel, sitting on my bed that night reading The BFG.
What part of speech is pushie?
Pushie is a noun.
How do you pronounce pushie?
Pushie is pronounced /ˈpʊʃ.i/.
What is the plural of pushie?
The plural of pushie is pushies.

Words near pushie in the dictionary

  1. pushforward
  2. pushforwards
  3. pushful
  4. pushfully
  5. pushfulness
  6. pushie
  7. pushier
  8. pushies
  9. pushiest
  10. Pushilin
  11. pushily

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