thrust definition

1. verbal criticism
• examples: he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians
2. push forcefully
• examples: He thrust his chin forward
3. press or force
• examples: Stuff money into an envelope
• examples: She thrust the letter into his hand
4. force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
5. push upward
• examples: The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air