Vocabulary : Push to Pusillanimously

Push : A crowd; a company or clique of associates; a gang. ;; A pustule; a pimple. ;; To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw. ;; To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore. ;; To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far. ;; To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass. ;; To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease. ;; To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword. ;; To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed. ;; To burst pot, as a bud or shoot. ;; A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing. ;; Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push. ;; An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action. ;; The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push.
Push button : A simple device, resembling a button in form, so arranged that pushing it closes an electric circuit, as of an electric bell.
Pushed : of Push
Pusher : One who, or that which, pushes.
Pushing : of Push ;; Pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving; energetic; also, forward; officious, intrusive.
Pushpin : A child's game played with pins.
Pusil : Very small; little; petty.
Pusillanimity : The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit; cowardliness.
Pusillanimous : Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly; -- said of persons, as, a pussillanimous prince. ;; Evincing, or characterized by, weakness of mind, and want of courage; feeble; as, pusillanimous counsels.
Pusillanimously : With pusillanimity.
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