button pusher
Someone who pushes someone else's buttons: someone who goads, annoys, provokes, etc.
Near-synonyms: gadfly, goader, provocateur, provoker
pusher
/ˈpʊʃə/
noun 5
Collocations
5ADJ.
criminal, last, last
VERB + PUSHER
become, pencil, say, use
PUSHER + NOUN
dealer, god
PREP.
than, until, with
ADV.
instead
Definitions
noun
1
Someone or something that pushes.
2
A person employed to push passengers onto trains at busy times, so they can depart on schedule.
3
A girl or woman.
‘You should a seed some o' the pushers. Girls o' seventeen painted worse nor any Gerties I'd ever knowed.’
4
A drug dealer.
But the pusher don't care / Ah, if you live or if you die / God damn, the pusher / God damn, I say the pusher
My campaign against drug will not stop until the, until the end of my term. That will be six years from now. Until the last pusher and the last drug lord are – [applause]
5
An aircraft with the propeller behind the fuselage.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is
noun — a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes
noun — someone who pushes
noun — an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
noun — one who intrudes or pushes himself forward
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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‘You should a seed some o' the pushers. Girls o' seventeen painted worse nor any Gerties I'd ever knowed.’
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But the pusher don't care / Ah, if you live or if you die / God damn, the pusher / God damn, I say the pusher
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My campaign against drug will not stop until the, until the end of my term. That will be six years from now. Until the last pusher and the last drug lord are – [applause]
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I'm just a pencil pusher.
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He is not a manager, he is just a paper pusher.
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Tom is more of a pusher than a dealer.
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i Register
In some senses, pusher is marked as slang, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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