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Definition of pushover - 4 dictionary results

push⋅o⋅ver

[poosh-oh-ver]
–noun
1. Informal. anything done easily.
2. Informal. an easily defeated person or team.
3. Informal. a person who is easily persuaded, influenced, or seduced.
4. Rocketry. a displacement in a horizontal direction of the trajectory of a missile or rocket.
5. Aeronautics. push-down.

Origin:
1905–10, Americanism; n. use of v. phrase push over

push-down

[poosh-doun]
–noun Aeronautics.
a sudden, downward shift by an aircraft in the direction of the flight path.
Also called pushover.


Origin:
1935–40; n. use of v. phrase push down
push·o·ver   (pŏŏsh'ō'vər)   
n.  
  1. One that is easily defeated or taken advantage of.
  2. Something that is easily done or attained. See Synonyms at breeze1.

pushover  (n.)
1906, of things; 1926, of persons (bad boxers and easy women), from push (q.v.) + over.
Language Translation for : pushover
Spanish: presa fácil, incauto; (estar) tirado, chupado, ser pan comido,
German: leicht zu beeinflußender Mensch,
Japanese:
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