to push something (especially to start an avalanche effect) · to clink glasses, to propose a toast · to kick off, to launch, to initiate (especially an idea)
çekim: geçmiş stieß an · ortaç angestoßen · şimdiki stößt an · ulaç anstoßend
çekim: geçmiş poussé · ortaç poussé · şimdiki pousse · ulaç poussant
köken: Inherited from Old French, inherited from Latin pulsāre, from pulsus (“a push”) (and frequentative of pellō). Compare the prefixed verb expulser, a borrowing from Latin.
aile: pousser à bout, pousser comme des champignons, pousser dans ses derniers retranchements, pousser le bouchon, pousser mémé dans les orties, se pousser, se sentir pousser des ailes
çekim: ortaç pūnctus · şimdiki pungit · ulaç pungēns
köken: From Proto-Italic *pungō (with punctus for *puctus after pungō), from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”). Near cognates include Ancient Greek πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist”). Related to pugnus.