pushovern.

Brit.

/ˈpʊʃˌəʊvə/, U.S.

/ˈpʊʃˌoʊvər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: push v., over adv.

Etymology: < push v. + over adv.

1. colloquial (originally U.S.). An easily accomplished task; a simple or ready victory; a ‘cinch’.

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the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > that which is easy

ball play?c1225

child's gamec1380

boys' play1538

walkover1861

picnic1870

pudding1884

cakewalk1886

pie1886

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duck soup1912

pud1917

breeze1928

kid stuff1929

soda1930

piece of cake1936

doddle1937

snack1941

stroll1942

piece of piss1949

waltz1968

1891 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 18 Oct. 1/4 A great laugh went up from Tammany and the democrats when the nomination was made. They had, in the language of the day, ‘a push over’.

1896 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 8 Sept. 6/4 He says Cuney is a winner and that Green has a push over... Still it is not a lead pipe cinch.

1906 Outing Jan. 461/2 To me it looks like a push-over.

1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. ii. xiii. 147 Those Princeton guys have been boasting that this game's a pushover for them.

1953 W. S. Burroughs Let. 12 Apr. (1993) 157 The search for Yage turned out to be a pushover. Everyone grows it in their back yard and you can buy all the Yage you want right in Mocoa.

1973 ‘P. Malloch’ Kickback xxi. 133 About the security van... It's going to be hard to take... Eight years ago they were a push-over.

1994 Canal & Riverboat Feb. 63/3 If you can live in a house for £8,000 a year, living on a boat will be a push over.

2. colloquial (originally U.S.).

a. A person, group, team, etc., incapable of effective resistance; a person who is easily persuaded, outwitted, or overpowered.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe

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Simple Simon?1673

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juggins1882

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patsy1889

yapc1894

fall guy1895

fruit1895

meemaw1895

easy mark1896

lobster1896

mark1896

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come-on1897

pushover1907

John1908

schnookle1908

Gretchen1913

jug1914

schnook1920

soft touch1924

prospect1931

steamer1932

punter1934

dill1941

Joe Soap1943

possum1945

Moreton Bay1953

easy touch1959

1907 Chicago Tribune 14 July 7/3 People in the Seventh district are sick and tired of pushover politicians... What is a pushover? Why he is the type of gent who first is on one side and then on another. If it will help swell his bank roll he'll push over in any direction.

1912 A. H. Lewis Apaches N.Y. 256 The folks were of the genus cinch, species pushover.

1935 N.Y. Sun 19 Feb. 28/1 The sucker has many names among the crooks. ‘Lily’, ‘mug’, ‘pushover’, and ‘mooch’ are the most common. After a ‘pushover’ has been sold he is a ‘wrap-up’.

1941 W. Stevens Let. 13 Jan. (1967) 385 I suppose Denmark was a push-over on account of the pastry they eat there.

1975 D. W. S. Hunt On Spot v. 83 Since then our overseas suppliers have never been quite sure that we are a push-over at any price they like to ask.

1983 J. J. Steinfeld in M. Waddington Canad. Jewish Short Stories (1990) 187 Already you almost win. You are no pushover. I tell you this from the heart. You are a real schachspieler now.

2001 M. Kondracke Saving Milly 43 I was not a total pushover. I imposed my will on big decisions, such as the houses and cars we bought.

b. Boxing. A fighter who is easily knocked out or beaten.In later use merged with sense 2a.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer > types of

bruiser1744

ruffian1791

in-fighter1812

punisher1812

nobber1821

receiver general1821

slogger1829

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ham1888

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pushover1908

bum1917

mauler1920

palooka1920

round heel1926

set-up1926

powder puff1931

spoiler1948

kick-boxer1978

stiff1989

1908 Chicago Tribune 27 Dec. iii. 1/3 Every time Tommy Burns was stacked up against a push over the ‘experts’ predicted his downfall.

1912 Washington Post 7 July 4/2 Sid Burns, who proved a push-over for Mike Gibbons the other night, gave Summers an old-fashioned lacing a few months ago, and did not muss a hair in doing do.

1926 Variety 29 Dec. 7/4 A push-over, which means a fighter with round heels along cauliflower alley, was, by the same token, a dame on rockers in another circle.

1958 C. Williams Man in Motion (1959) iii. 27 He was a long way from being a push-over. He was a little heavier than I am, and he could really punch.

1998 Boxing Monthly June 23/1 He has studied the Frenchman on video and considers Charpentier to be a tough customer, definitely no pushover.

c. A person, esp. a woman, who gives in easily to demands for sexual intercourse.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman > woman who makes herself available

pushover1916

pick-me-up1918

round-heeler1927

lay1932

make1933

round heel1933

round heels1944

hump1969

pull1969

spare1969

1916 H. N. Cary Slang of Venery II. 70 Push Over, a willing, yielding woman.

1929 E. Wilson I thought of Daisy i. 16 Oh, Myra Busch is a push-over!.. She's got round heels!

1949 H. Wadman Life Sentence ii. i. 49 Then you came along with Lawrence—the dark reasons of the blood, and so on. Naturally I was a pushover for you.

1955 D. Barton Glorious Life xlvi. 155 She was a pushover, hardly worth the elaborate build-up.

1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xlvi. 487 Why the hell shouldn't she be a pushover? Weren't men pushovers for girls who fucked everybody?

2003 J. Farris Fury & Power 185 It won't be tonight, either. I may not get out all that much, but I'm no pushover.

d. With for. A person who is especially susceptible to or fond of something; a ‘sucker’.

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1933 Los Angeles Times 1 July 7/2 Always, myself, a pushover for Miss Sidney's sad, round, pinched sorrows of countenance, I found the picture..moving.

1944 H. Croome You've gone Astray xii. 123 Are you quite advertisement-proof yourself?.. I'm not. I'm a pushover for Vanity.

1956 S. Ertz Charmed Circle 96 He was always trying new tooth pastes and was a ‘pushover’..for all the advertisements he saw.

1989 Car & Driver Oct. 16/1 Another bunch are pushovers for lusty engines.

2004 D. Smith Charming Grace 51 Okay, I'm a pushover for hobbits.

3. Rugby. In full pushover try. A try in which one side in a scrum pushes the ball over the opponents' try line before touching down.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > scoring

touch1845

run-in1846

rouge1856

touchdown1856

touch-in-goal1869

try1870

minor1883

minor point1884

pot1888

major point1896

penalty try1922

conversion1927

pushover1940

1940 Times 27 Nov. 6/7 This was followed by a push-over try by the whole Bedford pack, Feilden touching down.

1959 Observer 15 Mar. 32/8 The Welsh pack wheeled..to try a pushover.

1960 Times 7 Mar. 4/7 After 25 minutes came a genuine pushover.

1977 Western Mail (Cardiff) 5 Mar. (Rugby Suppl.) 4/3 J. J. Williams's disallowed try in that game, I felt, was only as dubious as the England push-over try, also disallowed.

2006 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 10 May 44 We play more of a team game now and we scored a pushover against Bosworth, the sort of try they used to put over on us all the time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pushover
释义	pushovern. Brit. /ˈpʊʃˌəʊvə/, U.S. /ˈpʊʃˌoʊvər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: push v., over adv. Etymology: < push v. + over adv. 1. colloquial (originally U.S.). An easily accomplished task; a simple or ready victory; a ‘cinch’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > that which is easy ball play?c1225 child's gamec1380 boys' play1538 walkover1861 picnic1870 pudding1884 cakewalk1886 pie1886 cinch1888 snipa1890 pushover1891 pinch1897 sitter1898 pipe1902 five-finger exercise1903 duck soup1912 pud1917 breeze1928 kid stuff1929 soda1930 piece of cake1936 doddle1937 snack1941 stroll1942 piece of piss1949 waltz1968 1891 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 18 Oct. 1/4 A great laugh went up from Tammany and the democrats when the nomination was made. They had, in the language of the day, ‘a push over’. 1896 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 8 Sept. 6/4 He says Cuney is a winner and that Green has a push over... Still it is not a lead pipe cinch. 1906 Outing Jan. 461/2 To me it looks like a push-over. 1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. ii. xiii. 147 Those Princeton guys have been boasting that this game's a pushover for them. 1953 W. S. Burroughs Let. 12 Apr. (1993) 157 The search for Yage turned out to be a pushover. Everyone grows it in their back yard and you can buy all the Yage you want right in Mocoa. 1973 ‘P. Malloch’ Kickback xxi. 133 About the security van... It's going to be hard to take... Eight years ago they were a push-over. 1994 Canal & Riverboat Feb. 63/3 If you can live in a house for £8,000 a year, living on a boat will be a push over. 2. colloquial (originally U.S.). a. A person, group, team, etc., incapable of effective resistance; a person who is easily persuaded, outwitted, or overpowered. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe foola1382 woodcockc1430 geckc1530 cousinc1555 cokes1567 milch cow1582 gudgeon1584 coney1591 martin1591 gull1594 plover1599 rook1600 gull-finch1604 cheatee1615 goata1616 whirligig1624 chouse1649 coll1657 cully1664 bubble1668 lamb1668 Simple Simon?1673 mouth1680 dupe1681 cull1698 bub1699 game1699 muggins1705 colour1707 milk cow1727 flat1762 gulpin1802 slob1810 gaggee1819 sucker1838 hoaxee1840 softie1850 foozle1860 lemon1863 juggins1882 yob1886 patsy1889 yapc1894 fall guy1895 fruit1895 meemaw1895 easy mark1896 lobster1896 mark1896 wise guy1896 come-on1897 pushover1907 John1908 schnookle1908 Gretchen1913 jug1914 schnook1920 soft touch1924 prospect1931 steamer1932 punter1934 dill1941 Joe Soap1943 possum1945 Moreton Bay1953 easy touch1959 1907 Chicago Tribune 14 July 7/3 People in the Seventh district are sick and tired of pushover politicians... What is a pushover? Why he is the type of gent who first is on one side and then on another. If it will help swell his bank roll he'll push over in any direction. 1912 A. H. Lewis Apaches N.Y. 256 The folks were of the genus cinch, species pushover. 1935 N.Y. Sun 19 Feb. 28/1 The sucker has many names among the crooks. ‘Lily’, ‘mug’, ‘pushover’, and ‘mooch’ are the most common. After a ‘pushover’ has been sold he is a ‘wrap-up’. 1941 W. Stevens Let. 13 Jan. (1967) 385 I suppose Denmark was a push-over on account of the pastry they eat there. 1975 D. W. S. Hunt On Spot v. 83 Since then our overseas suppliers have never been quite sure that we are a push-over at any price they like to ask. 1983 J. J. Steinfeld in M. Waddington Canad. Jewish Short Stories (1990) 187 Already you almost win. You are no pushover. I tell you this from the heart. You are a real schachspieler now. 2001 M. Kondracke Saving Milly 43 I was not a total pushover. I imposed my will on big decisions, such as the houses and cars we bought. b. Boxing. A fighter who is easily knocked out or beaten.In later use merged with sense 2a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer > types of bruiser1744 ruffian1791 in-fighter1812 punisher1812 nobber1821 receiver general1821 slogger1829 slogster1881 ham1888 slaughterer1896 pushover1908 bum1917 mauler1920 palooka1920 round heel1926 set-up1926 powder puff1931 spoiler1948 kick-boxer1978 stiff1989 1908 Chicago Tribune 27 Dec. iii. 1/3 Every time Tommy Burns was stacked up against a push over the ‘experts’ predicted his downfall. 1912 Washington Post 7 July 4/2 Sid Burns, who proved a push-over for Mike Gibbons the other night, gave Summers an old-fashioned lacing a few months ago, and did not muss a hair in doing do. 1926 Variety 29 Dec. 7/4 A push-over, which means a fighter with round heels along cauliflower alley, was, by the same token, a dame on rockers in another circle. 1958 C. Williams Man in Motion (1959) iii. 27 He was a long way from being a push-over. He was a little heavier than I am, and he could really punch. 1998 Boxing Monthly June 23/1 He has studied the Frenchman on video and considers Charpentier to be a tough customer, definitely no pushover. c. A person, esp. a woman, who gives in easily to demands for sexual intercourse. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman > woman who makes herself available pushover1916 pick-me-up1918 round-heeler1927 lay1932 make1933 round heel1933 round heels1944 hump1969 pull1969 spare1969 1916 H. N. Cary Slang of Venery II. 70 Push Over, a willing, yielding woman. 1929 E. Wilson I thought of Daisy i. 16 Oh, Myra Busch is a push-over!.. She's got round heels! 1949 H. Wadman Life Sentence ii. i. 49 Then you came along with Lawrence—the dark reasons of the blood, and so on. Naturally I was a pushover for you. 1955 D. Barton Glorious Life xlvi. 155 She was a pushover, hardly worth the elaborate build-up. 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xlvi. 487 Why the hell shouldn't she be a pushover? Weren't men pushovers for girls who fucked everybody? 2003 J. Farris Fury & Power 185 It won't be tonight, either. I may not get out all that much, but I'm no pushover. d. With for. A person who is especially susceptible to or fond of something; a ‘sucker’. ΚΠ 1933 Los Angeles Times 1 July 7/2 Always, myself, a pushover for Miss Sidney's sad, round, pinched sorrows of countenance, I found the picture..moving. 1944 H. Croome You've gone Astray xii. 123 Are you quite advertisement-proof yourself?.. I'm not. I'm a pushover for Vanity. 1956 S. Ertz Charmed Circle 96 He was always trying new tooth pastes and was a ‘pushover’..for all the advertisements he saw. 1989 Car & Driver Oct. 16/1 Another bunch are pushovers for lusty engines. 2004 D. Smith Charming Grace 51 Okay, I'm a pushover for hobbits. 3. Rugby. In full pushover try. A try in which one side in a scrum pushes the ball over the opponents' try line before touching down. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > scoring touch1845 run-in1846 rouge1856 touchdown1856 touch-in-goal1869 try1870 minor1883 minor point1884 pot1888 major point1896 penalty try1922 conversion1927 pushover1940 1940 Times 27 Nov. 6/7 This was followed by a push-over try by the whole Bedford pack, Feilden touching down. 1959 Observer 15 Mar. 32/8 The Welsh pack wheeled..to try a pushover. 1960 Times 7 Mar. 4/7 After 25 minutes came a genuine pushover. 1977 Western Mail (Cardiff) 5 Mar. (Rugby Suppl.) 4/3 J. J. Williams's disallowed try in that game, I felt, was only as dubious as the England push-over try, also disallowed. 2006 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 10 May 44 We play more of a team game now and we scored a pushover against Bosworth, the sort of try they used to put over on us all the time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891
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