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pushin'

pushin' is the pronunciation spelling of pushing.

Meaning of pushing

Adjective

pushing (comparative more pushing, superlative most pushing)

  1. That pushes forward; pressing, driving.
    • There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. […] Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or...1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC
  2. (archaic) Aggressively assertive; pushy.
    • Mrs. Erlynne, a pushing nobody, with a delightful lisp and Venetian-red hair[…]1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XV, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC

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What is pushin' the pronunciation spelling of?
Pushin' is the pronunciation spelling of pushing.

Words near pushin' in the dictionary

  1. pushier
  2. pushies
  3. pushiest
  4. Pushilin
  5. pushily
  6. pushin'
  7. pushiness
  8. pushing
  9. pushing about
  10. pushing against an open door
  11. pushing along

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