(Internet, uncountable) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
(computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
(military) A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A pustule; a pimple.
(slang, UK, obsolete, now chiefly Australia) A particular crowd or throng or people.
(snooker) A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time
A great effort (to do something).
A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
verb
(chess, transitive) To move (a pawn) directly forward.
(computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
(computing) To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
(informal, transitive) To approach; to come close to.
(intransitive) To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
(intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
(intransitive) To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.
(obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
(poker) To make an all-in bet.
(snooker) To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot).
(transitive) To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
(transitive) To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
(transitive) To press or urge forward; to drive.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
