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Is push a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word push is a Scrabble US word. The word push is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

P3U1S1H4

Is push a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word push is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

P3U1S1H4

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Yes. The word push is a Words With Friends word. The word push is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4U2S1H3

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4-letter words (2 found)

HUPS,PUSH,

3-letter words (5 found)

HUP,PUH,PUS,SUP,UPS,

2-letter words (4 found)

SH,UH,UP,US,

You can make 11 words from push according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of push

push upsh psuh spuh usph suph puhs uphs phus hpus uhps hups pshu sphu phsu hpsu shpu hspu ushp suhp uhsp husp shup hsup

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word push. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in push.

Definitions and meaning of push

push

Etymology 1

From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare, frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus) "to beat, strike". Doublet of pulsate. Partly displaced native Old English sċūfan, whence Modern English shove.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: po͝osh, IPA(key): /pʊʃ/
  • (Appalachian) IPA(key): [puʃ]
  • IPA(key): [pʷʊʃ]
  • Rhymes: -ʊʃ

Verb

push (third-person singular simple present pushes, present participle pushing, simple past and past participle pushed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
  2. (transitive) To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
    • December 7, 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 18
    • December 22, 1711, letter to The Spectator
      Ambition […] pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honour and reputation to the actor.
  3. (transitive) To press or urge forward; to drive.
  4. (transitive) To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
  5. (intransitive) To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
  6. (informal, transitive) To approach; to come close to.
    He's pushing sixty. ― He's nearly sixty years old.
  7. (intransitive) To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.
  8. (intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
  9. To make a higher bid at an auction.
  10. (poker) To make an all-in bet.
  11. (chess, transitive) To move (a pawn) directly forward.
  12. (computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
  13. (computing) To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
  14. (obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
  15. To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
  16. (snooker) To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot).
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • (transitive: apply a force to (an object) so it moves away): press, shove, thrutch
  • (continue to attempt to persuade): press, urge
  • (continue to promote): press, advertise, promote
  • (come close to): approach, near
  • (intransitive: apply force to an object so that it moves away): press, shove, thring
  • (tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate): bear down, See Thesaurus:defecate
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "apply a force to something so it moves away"): draw, pull, tug
  • (antonym(s) of "put onto a stack"): pop
Derived terms
Related terms
  • pedal pushers
  • push it
Translations

Noun

push (countable and uncountable, plural pushes)

  1. A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
  2. An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
  3. A great effort (to do something).
  4. An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
  5. (figurative) A force that impels or pressures one to act.
  6. (military) A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.
  7. A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
  8. (computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
  9. (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
  10. (slang, UK, obsolete, now chiefly Australia) A particular crowd or throng or people.
  11. (snooker) A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time
  12. (professional wrestling slang) Giving momentum to a wrestler's career in the form of victories and/or more screen time.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Probably French poche. See pouch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʊʃ/, /pʌʃ/

Noun

push (plural pushes)

  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A pustule; a pimple.

References

  • “push”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “push”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • PHUs, Phus, shup

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *puša, from *puksja, from Proto-Indo-European *pewk- (“covered with hair, bushy”). Related to Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha, “tail”), Proto-Slavic *puxъ (“down”).

Noun

push m (plural pusha, definite pushi, definite plural pushat)

  1. light hair, fluff, down, nap, pile

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Source: wiktionary.org