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push button noun : a small button or knob that when pushed operates something esp. by closing an electric circuit

push·cart noun : a cart or barrow pushed by hand

push·er noun : one that pushes; especially : one that pushes illegal drugs

push·over noun 1 : an opponent easy to defeat

2 : SUCKER

3 : something easily accomplished

Synonyms

breeze, child's play, cinch, picnic, snap—more at CINCH

push–up noun : a conditioning exercise performed in a prone position by raising and lowering the body with the straightening and bending of the arms while keeping the back straight and supporting the body on the hands and toes

pushy adjective push·i·er; -est : aggressive often to an objectionable degree

pu·sil·lan·i·mous adjective [ORIGIN: LL pusillanimis, fr. L pusillus very small (dim. of pusus boy) + animus spirit]

: contemptibly timid : COWARDLY

— pu·sil·la·nim·i·ty noun

Synonyms

chicken, cowardly, craven, dastardly, recreant, spineless, yellow—more at COWARDLY

1puss noun : a domestic cat

Synonyms

cat, feline, kitty—more at CAT

2puss noun, slang

: FACE

1pussy noun, plural puss·ies : PUSS

2pussy adjective pus·si·er; -est : full of or resembling pus

pussy·cat noun : CAT

pussy·foot verb 1 : to tread or move warily or stealthily

2 : to refrain from committing oneself

Synonyms

[1] lurk, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, sneak, steal—more at SNEAK

[2] equivocate, fudge, hedge—more at EQUIVOCATE

pussy willow noun : a willow having large silky catkins

pus·tule noun : a pus-filled pimple

put verb put; put·ting 1 : to bring into a specified position : PLACE <~ the book on the table>

2 : SEND, THRUST

3 : to throw with an upward pushing motion <~ the shot>

4 : to bring into a specified state <~ the plan into effect>

5 : SUBJECT <~ traitors to death>

6 : to establish or apply by authority : IMPOSE

7 : to set before one for decision <~ the question>

8 : to represent in words : EXPRESS

9 : TRANSLATE, ADAPT

10 : APPLY, ASSIGN <~ them to work>

11 : to give as an estimate <~ the number at 20>

12 : ATTACH, ATTRIBUTE <~ a high value on it>

13 : to take a specified course

Synonyms

[1] deposit, dispose, fix, lay, place, position, set, set up, stick—more at PLACE

[6] assess, charge, exact, fine, impose, lay, levy—more at IMPOSE

[8] articulate, clothe, couch, express, formulate, phrase, say, state, word—more at PHRASE

[11] calculate, call, conjecture, estimate, figure, gauge, guess, judge, make, place, reckon, suppose—more at ESTIMATE

pu·ta·tive adjective 1 : commonly accepted

2 : assumed to exist or to have existed

put by verb : to lay aside

Synonyms

cache, hoard, lay away, lay up, salt away, stash, stockpile, store—more at HOARD

put–down noun : an act or instance of putting down; especially : a humiliating remark

Synonyms

affront, barb, dart, dig, indignity, insult, name, offense, outrage, sarcasm, slight, slur, wound—more at INSULT

deprecation, depreciation, detraction, disparagement—more at DEPRECIATION

put down verb 1 : to bring to an end

2 : to speak slightingly of : DISPARAGE, BELITTLE

3 a : to put in writing

b : to enter in a list

Synonyms

[1] clamp down, crack down, crush, quash, quell, repress, silence, snuff, squash, squelch, subdue, suppress—more at QUELL

[2] belittle, cry down, decry, deprecate, depreciate, diminish, discount, disparage, minimize, write off—more at DECRY

[3a] jot, log, mark, note, record, register, set down—more at RECORD

[3b] catalog, enroll, enter, index, inscribe, list, record, register, schedule, slate—more at LIST

put in verb 1 : to come in with : INTERPOSE

2 : to spend time at some occupation or job

3 : to put or set in the ground for growth : PLANT

put off verb 1 : to hold back to a later time : POSTPONE, DELAY

2 : to rid oneself of : TAKE OFF

Synonyms

defer, delay, hold up, postpone, shelve—more at POSTPONE

1put–on adjective : professed