Definition of thrust

• n. & v. - Thrist.
• imp. & p. p. - of Thrust
• v. t. - To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.
• v. t. - To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.
• v. i. - To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
• v. i. - To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
• v. i. - To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.
• n. - A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a term of fencing.
• n. - An attack; an assault.
• n. - The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.
• n. - The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.