Associations to the word «Thrusting»

Wiktionary

THRUSTING, verb. Present participle of thrust
THRUSTING, noun. The motion by which someone or something thrusts.
THRUSTING, noun. The act of squeezing curd by hand, to expel the whey.
THRUSTING, noun. The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.

Dictionary definition

THRUSTING, noun. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope