What does pushing mean?
Pushing means present participle and gerund of push.
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/ˈpʊʃɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of push.
There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. […] Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
Mrs. Erlynne, a pushing nobody, with a delightful lisp and Venetian-red hair[…]
We were soon separated by the pushings and shovings of the crowd.
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Pushing means present participle and gerund of push.
Common synonyms include ambitious, aggressive, push, enterprising.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. […] Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
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