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  Thrust \Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrust; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Thrusting.] [OE. ?rusten, ?risten, ?resten, Icel. ?r?st? to
     thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.]
     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.
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              Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.
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     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.
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