pushing adj : marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young exective"; "a pushful insurance agent"; "a pushing youth intent on getting on in the world" [syn: aggressive, enterprising, pushful, pushy] n : the act of applying force in order to move something away; "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise" [syn: push]

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pushing

1. present participle of push
2. Dealing illicit drugs, especially to minors.

Push may refer to:

In arts and media:

• "Push" (song), by Matchbox Twenty
• "Push" (Enrique Iglesias song), Enrique Iglesias song that features Lil Wayne from his album Insomniac
• Push (Bros album), a 1988 debut album by UK boy band Bros
• Push (Gruntruck album), a 1992 album by Gruntruck
• Push (film), a 2008 film by Paul McGuigan
• Push, Nevada, a 2002 television series
• Sydney Push, an intellectual subculture in Sydney, Australia
• Push!!, a Japanese magazine that covers eroge
• Push (TV series), a 1998 short lived TV series starring Jaime Pressly
• "Push", a song by Dio from the 2002 album Killing the Dragon
• Push, a 1996 novel by Sapphire
• Push, a force power in the Star Wars universe
• Mike Dierickx, a Belgian DJ also known as Push
• PUSH (university guide), a company providing information of prospective university students in the UK.

In gambling:

• When the player and the dealer have the same point value in blackjack
• A game in sports betting that is tied when the point spread is factored in

In sports:

• Double push, an inline speed skating technique
• Push (professional wrestling), terminology used in professional wrestling

In technology:

• A command used to add an item to a stack in computer science
• Push technology, a method of content delivery in server technologies
• Push to talk, a method of conversing in telephony
• Push processing, a technique for increasing the speed of film in photography

Other:

• Cost push inflation, a type of inflation
• Rainbow/PUSH, a non-profit organization with social mission
• Rocks Push, a criminal gang operating in the The Rocks area of Sydney, Australia
• An uncontrollable outward push sensation or swelling, as in Ménière's disease
• Push the Talking Trash Can, a radio controlled robot found at several Disney theme parks, including Disneyland and Magic Kingdom

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