mod. very aggressive in dealing with other people. : Stop being so pushy! Who do you think you are?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Employees are less pushy in seeking inflationary wage deals and firms think twice about raising their own prices.
The locals aren't jaded and the tourists aren't pushy.
Kids now have a socially acceptable excuse that can stop pushy peers in their tracks.
The next round of location tools will be even more pervasive, pushy, and predictive.
These drug dealers can be pushy, but they are generally not violent toward tourists.
The cost of higher education has contributed to plummeting birth rates among pushy parents in other rich countries, too.
Be cautious about lenders who are pushy and insistent.
Pushy, know-it-all busybodies who cannot manage to peacefully convince others.
Many are too cramped for hunting and farming and are hemmed in by pushy neighbours.
But word is spreading through the pushy-parent network: this is the real thing.