Definitions of thrust:

• noun:   verbal criticism

  Example: "He enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"

• noun:   the act of applying force to propel something
• noun:   a thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
• noun:   the force used in pushing

  Example: "The thrust of the jet engines"

• noun:   a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

  Example: "He made a thrusting motion with his fist"

• verb:   press or force

  Example: "She thrust the letter into his hand"

• verb:   push upward

  Example: "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"

• verb:   geology: thrust (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
• verb:   push forcefully

  Example: "He thrust his chin forward"

• verb:   impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably
• verb:   penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
• verb:   place or put with great energy

  Example: "Thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"

• verb:   make a thrusting forward movement