1. (

• jab ,
• jabbing ,
• poke ,
• poking ,
• thrust ,
• thrusting

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

1. (

• thrust

) push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward" ;

2. (

• thrust ,
• stuff ,
• shove ,
• squeeze

) press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" ;

3. (

• lunge ,
• hurl ,
• hurtle ,
• thrust ,

) make a thrusting forward movement ;

4. (

• force ,
• thrust

) impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him" ;

5. (

• pierce ,
• thrust ,

) penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument ;

6. (

• thrust ,

) force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock ;

7. (

• thrust ,
• push_up

) push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air" ;

8. (

• throw ,
• thrust ,

) place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar" ;