Thrust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrust p. pr. & vb. n. Thrusting.]
 1. To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.
    Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves.   --Milton.
 2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.
 To thrust away or To thrust from, to push away; to reject.
 To thrust in, to push or drive in.
 To thrust off, to push away.
 To thrust on, to impel; to urge.
 To thrust one's self in or To thrust one's self into, to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome.
 To thrust out, to drive out or away; to expel.
 To thrust through, to pierce; to stab. “I am eight times thrust through the doublet.” --Shak.
 To thrust together, to compress.