thrimpv.
Scottish and northern dialect.
intransitive and transitive. To press; to push.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > with persistence, effort, or urgency
shovec888
thringc893
thresta1225
wina1300
thrustc1330
pressa1375
throngc1440
wrestc1450
thrimp1513
to put forward1529
intrude1562
breast1581
shoulder1581
haggle1582
strivea1586
wrestle1591
to push on (also along)1602
elabour1606
contend1609
to put on?1611
struggle1686
worry1702
crush1755
squeege1783
battle1797
scrouge1798
sweat1856
flounder1861
pull?1863
tank1939
bulldozer1952
terrier1959
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move or cause to move forward or advance [verb (transitive)] > advance with persistence, effort, or urgency
thrimp1513
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xii. 8 Apon thar strait born bridillis brankand fast, Now thrympand heyr, now thayr, thayr hedis can cast.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Thrump,..2. To press, as in a crowd... 3. To push; especially applied to school-boys, when they push all before them from the one end of a form to another.
a1828 T. Bewick Howdy & Upgetting (1850) 10 His hands..thrimpt owr his Thees.
a1828 T. Bewick Howdy & Upgetting (1850) 13 Mouny oh them thrimped in.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Thrimpt, pressed closely.
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