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pusher, n. 1. ambitious person, aggressive person, hard worker, Inf. human dynamo; U.S. Inf. go-getter, Inf. hustler, U.S. Inf. rustler; salesman, saleswoman. 2. Slang, (in reference to narcotics) peddler, dealer,
pushing, adj. 1. enterprising, ambitious, go-ahead, driving; aspiring, hoping, scheming, planning, designing, Inf. on the make, climbing, goal-oriented; industrious, diligent, devoted, hard-working, assiduous, sedulous, determined; perseverant, persevering, pertinacious, persisting, dogged, tenacious.
2. energetic, vigorous, dynamic, forceful, emphatic, powerful, effective; zealous, ardent, fervent, fervid, avid, earnest, enthusiastic, eager; spirited, full of vim and vigor, active, Inf. full of pep, Inf. peppy, Inf. snappy.
3. aggressive, offensive, invasive, intrusive, meddlesome, officious, incursive; assertive, self-assertive, forward, insistent, peremptory; presumptuous, bumptious, Inf. cheeky, nervy, brassy, obnoxious; brash, cocky, lippy, mouthy, loud-mouthed; smart-alecky, SI. wise, SI. smart-assed, SI. biggety, Inf. bigheaded.
pushover, n. Slang. 1. something easy, Inf. snap, SI. cinch, SI. child's play, SI. a breeze, duck soup, piece of cake, SI. a picnic, Inf shoo-in, a sure thing. 2. Inf. easy mark or prey, Inf. lightweight, featherweight, SI. patsy, Si sap; milquetoast, namby-pamby, SI. pansy, Si wimp; All Si schlepp, schlemiel, neb-bish, schnook, twirp.
pushy, adj. Informal, self-assertive, bumptious, obtrusive, obnoxious, brassy, aggressive, pushing. See - pushing (def. 3).
pusillanimity, n. timidity, timorousness, cowardice, cowardliness, lily-liveredness, faint-heartedness, weakheartedness, Inf. chicken-heartedness. Si yellow-belliedness; faint heart, weak knees, white feather, no backbone, a backbone of banana, Inf. chicken heart, Inf. funk, Si cold feet, Si yellow streak; poltroonery, dastardliness, recreancy, cravenness,
pusillanimous, adj. timid, timorous, fearful, afraid, afraid of one's own shadow, frightened; unmanly, faint-hearted, weak-hearted, lily-livered, white-livered, having no backbone, with a backbone of banana, Inf. chicken-hearted, Inf. chicken-livered, Inf. pantywaist, Inf. yellow, Si yellow-bellied, Si candy-assed; cowardly, craven, poltroon, dastardly, base, recreant, Archaic. niddering, Archaic, caitiff,
puss, n. 1. cat, feline, pussy, pussycat, Si putty-tat, tabby, tabby cat, tomcat, alley cat, grimalkin; kitten, kit, kitty, Brit. Dial, kitling, Archaic, catling; mouser.
2. woman, lady; girl, maiden, lass; nymph, young thing, wench, Inf. baggage, Australian Inf. girl-o; All Si chick, doll, dame, tomato, babe, cutie, skirt, Brit. bird.
3. Slang, face, visage, physiognomy, Si mug, Si pan, Si kisser.
4. Slang, mouth, Fig. maw, Fig. muzzle, Si mush, Si trap, Si yap, Si bazoo, Si gob, Scot. Si gab.
pussyfoot, v. 1. walk on eggshells, step lightly, tread warily; creep, steal, skulk, slink, prowl, sidle, pad, U.S. Si gumshoe; worm, worm one's way, inch along.
2. equivocate, prevaricate, hem and haw, blow hot and cold, straddle the fence; dodge, evade, sidestep; beat around or about the bush, beg the question, not come to the point, evade the issue,
pustule, n. 1. pimple, papule, papilla, boil, blain, furuncle, furunculus, carbuncle, wen, pock, whelk, Rare, bleb, Archaic, botch; eruption, inflammation, swelling, rising, lump, bump, wheal; blemish, mark, spot, pockmark, whitehead, Pathol, milium, blackhead, Med. comedo, SI. zit, SI. woogit, SI. hickey.
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