What does pushee mean?
Pushee means one who is pushed around, literally or metaphorically.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
one who is pushed around, literally or metaphorically.
2017 How To Teach Kids To Apologize Instead Of Commanding Them To Say, ‘I’m Sorry’, SimpleMost Then begins the awkward and often meaningless dance between the parents of the pusher and the parents of the pushee, both trying to do the right thing.
Then the man who has pushed walks away, apparently satisfied. At once the man who was throwing a fit follows the other up and says something to him and retreats, and the pusher runs back at the pushee, and the air is eloquent of murder. But I soon learned to quit holding my breath. It only meant a renewal of the argument. There is charge and answer-a regular debate, and the crowd, which forms a good old civilized circle, laughs at the shots given. The pusher calls the pushee's father a cock-roach, and the pushee says the pusher's grandfather was a scorpion. Then the pusher charges that the pushee's great-grandfather was a cross-eyed tarantula
Mayor Shelborne: "My son, there is noone I enjoy pushing around more than you." Gil Shelbourne: "Oh mayor dad, it's an honor to be the pushee."
Use pushee when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pushee means one who is pushed around, literally or metaphorically.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include pusher.
2017 How To Teach Kids To Apologize Instead Of Commanding Them To Say, ‘I’m Sorry’, SimpleMost Then begins the awkward and often meaningless dance between the parents of the pusher and the parents of the pushee, both trying to do the right thing.
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