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push meaning in French

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push [pushed, pushing, pushes] (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
verb
[UK: pʊʃ]
[US: ˈpʊʃ]

pousser◼◼◼verbeDon't push. = Ne pousse pas.

push [pushes] (short, directed application of force; act of pushing)
noun
[UK: pʊʃ]
[US: ˈpʊʃ]

poussée◼◼◻nom {f}The door yielded to a strong push. = La porte céda à une forte poussée.

push-button (electrical switch)
noun
[UK: pʊʃ ˈbʌt.n̩]
[US: ˈpʊʃ ˈbʌt.n̩]

bouton-poussoir◼◼◼nom {m}

poussoir◼◼◻nom {m}

push one's luck verb

pousser sa chanceverbe

push someone's buttons verb

taper sur le systèmeverbe

push-start (start by pushing)
verb

démarrer à la poussetteverbe

push-up [push-ups] (exercise performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor)
noun
[UK: ˈpʊ.ˈʃəp]
[US: ˈpʊ.ˈʃəp]

pompe◼◼◼nom {m}

push up daisies (idiomatic: to be dead)
verb
[UK: pʊʃ ʌp ˈdeɪ.zɪz]
[US: ˈpʊʃ ʌp ˈdeɪ.ziz]

manger les pissenlits par la racine◼◼◼verbe

bouffer les pissenlits par la racine◼◻◻verbe

pushing up daisies ((euphemism) dead)
adjective

manger les pissenlits par la racine◼◼◼adjectif

Pushkin (Russian surname)
proper noun
[UK: ˈpʊʃˌkɪn]
[US: ˈpʊʃˌkɪn]

Pouchkine◼◼◼nom propre

Pushkinian (of or relating to Alexander Pushkin)
adjective

pouchkinienadjectif

pushy (Aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined)
adjective
[UK: ˈpʊ.ʃi]
[US: ˈpʊ.ʃi]

arriviste◼◼◼adjectif

ambitieux◼◼◻adjectif

at a push (not later than)
preposition
[UK: ət ə pʊʃ]
[US: ət ə ˈpʊʃ]

au plus tardpreposition

pedal pushers (women's slacks that end at the calves)
noun
[UK: ˈped.l̩ ˈpʊ.ʃəz]
[US: ˈped.l̩ ˈpʊ.ʃərz]

leggingnom {m}

pencil pusher (one who does office work)
noun

gratte-papier (paper scratcher)◼◼◼nom {m}

woodpusher (chess player who is not good at the game)
noun

pousseur de boisnom