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- [poo sh-oh-ver]
- /ˈpʊʃˌoʊ vər/
- /ˈpʊʃˌəʊ.vər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [poo sh-oh-ver]
- /ˈpʊʃˌoʊ vər/
Definitions of pushover word
- noun pushover Informal. anything done easily. 1
- noun pushover Informal. an easily defeated person or team. 1
- noun pushover Informal. a person who is easily persuaded, influenced, or seduced. 1
- noun pushover Rocketry. a displacement in a horizontal direction of the trajectory of a missile or rocket. 1
- noun pushover Aeronautics. push-down. 1
- noun pushover person: weak 1
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Origin of pushover
First appearance:
before 1905 One of the 15% newest English words
1905-10, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase push over
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Parts of speech for Pushover
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pushover popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
pushover usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pushover
adj pushover
noun pushover
- cherry pie — any of several plants having flowers with an odor suggestive of cherries, as the heliotrope.
- child's play — something that is easy to do
- clean sweep — an overwhelming victory
- cuckold — A cuckold is a man whose wife is having an affair with another man.
- daisies — any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
adjective pushover
- cincher — Something that cinches as in holds and fastens, such as a belt or corset.
- nonresistant — not able, conditioned, or constructed to withstand the effect of something, as a disease, a specific change in temperature, or harsh treatment; susceptible to damage or ill effects.
- obtainable — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- wieldy — readily wielded or managed, as in use or action.
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