thrust
pronunciation
How to pronounce thrust in British English:
UK [θrʌst]
How to pronounce thrust in American English:
US [θrʌst]
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- Noun:
- the force used in pushing
- a thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
- the act of applying force to propel something
- verbal criticism
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
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- Verb:
- push forcefully
- press or force
- make a thrusting forward movement
- impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- geology: thrust (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
- push upward
- place or put with great energy
Word Origin
- thrust
- thrust: [12] Thrust was borrowed from Old Norse thrýsta ‘thrust, compress’. It probably goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base *trud- ‘push, press’, whose other descendants include Latin trūdere ‘thrust’ (source of English abstruse, intrude, etc) and probably also English threat.
- thrust (v.)
- late 12c., from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse þrysta "to thrust, force, press," from Proto-Germanic *thrustijanan, perhaps from PIE *treud- "push, press" (see threat), but OED finds this derivation doubtful. Related: Thrusting.
- thrust (n.)
- 1510s, "act of pressing," from thrust (v.). Meaning "act of thrusting" (in the modern sense) is from 1580s. Meaning "propulsive force" is from 1708. Figurative sense of "principal theme, aim, point, purpose" is recorded from 1968.
Example
- 1. Pull up to apply reverse thrust during landing .
- 2. This would produce enough thrust to cause the debris to re-enter the atmosphere .
- 3. This means it requires an unusually small amount of thrust in order to stay airborne .
- 4. Modern jets burn only half as much fuel per unit of thrust as their 1960s counterparts .
- 5. Push forward on takeoff and you have 269600 pounds of thrust accelerating you down the runway .