Definitions for pushers

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pushers push·er

Spelling: [poo sh-er]

IPA: /ˈpʊʃ ər/

Pushers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in pushers (ehprssu).

Definitions for pushers

noun

1. a person or thing that pushes.
2. Slang. a peddler of illegal drugs.
3. Aeronautics. an airplane that is driven by pusher propellers.
4. Nautical. one of the masts abaft the mizzen on a sailing vessel having more than three masts, either the sixth or seventh from forward. Compare driver (def 10b), spanker (def 1b).
5. Railroads. a helper attached to the rear of a train, usually to provide extra power for climbing a steep grade.

Origin of pushers

First recorded in 1585-95; push + -er¹

Examples for pushers

At the rear the "pusher off" half reclined, graceful and nonchalant.

The girl, who had paused when he did, leaned on the pusher of her go-cart, studying him calmly.

As a rule, all that a "pusher" or distributor can tell is where he got the bad money.

Now, she stars in the first big film of her career, pusher, out Friday, and produced by Nicolas Winding Refn (director of Drive).

His name should be "pusher," "Advance Man," or something of that sort, and not artist.

Barry, the "pusher" (under foreman), waved his outstretched hand.

The point C is the centre of the propeller, or, in the case of a "pusher" aeroplane, the centre of the nacelle.

He spent every cent he had to get one made and put on his pusher.

After that, she says, she and Winding Refn plan to team up for a sequel to pusher—but this time, the story will center around Flo.

The other has the propeller in the rear, and that is the pusher type.