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pusher Definition

pusher (po̵os̸h′ər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that pushes
  2. an airplane with its propeller or propellers mounted behind the engine so that it pushes the aircraft forward
  3. ☆ Slang a person who sells drugs, esp. narcotics, illegally

pusher* Synonyms

pusher*

n.

  1. Intruder

    pest, meddler, interrupter; see intruder.

  2. A seller of drugs

    dealer, black-market salesman, dope peddler, connection*; see criminal.

pusher Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • pedal: The shoes look perfect under a pair of pedal pushers or a pretty, wide skirt.
  • use: Team Colors - For team identification, one team shall use white Pushers and the opposing team shall use black Pushers.
  • operate: The second example uses a cognate cam with swinging roller follower to operate the pusher of a conveyor take-off mechanism.

Converse of subject

operate: The calendar correction is operated by a small sunken pusher at the 10 position.

Adjective modifier

  • square: Very nice proportions and well balanced dial and case with narrow winding crown and flat square pushers.
  • buggy: Wheelchair users and buggy pushers may wish to return by the same route, making it into a linear walk.
  • small: The calendar correction is operated by a small sunken pusher at the 10 position.
  • big: That government was also the big pusher of league tables, and there lay the embarrassment.
  • sunken: The calendar correction is operated by a small sunken pusher at the 10 position.
  • more: But we know what it really meant in the most deprived areas of our inner cities more drug pushers, and more ruined lives.

Modifies a noun

  • propeller: The engines were mounted back-to-back in pairs, with the forward unit driving a tractor airscrew and the aft facing unit a pusher propeller.
  • tug: The sad sight of the laid up Hargreaves pusher tugs at Castleford.
  • unit: The idea of the mower conversion or pusher unit was conceived in the early 1920s.

Noun used with modifier

  • pen: The " front line soldiers " can only do what they can - the rest is up to pen pushers.
  • drug: True, Soho does have its problems, most recently with the influx to the area of drug pushers.
  • button: All wanted people who could think and who would not just be button pushers.
  • paper: The narrator, Adair, is a paper pusher working for the mayor.
  • chronograph: The crown at the 3 position sets the date and time, whilst the other two are the chronograph pushers.
  • wheelchair: This was probably intended to be used by wheelchair pushers.

Preposition: of

drug: Pedophiles should be treated severely, but then so should pushers of hard drugs.