pushover

[ 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.

pushover

/ ˈpʊʃˌəʊvə /

noun

1. something that is easily achieved or accomplished
2. a person, team, etc, that is easily taken advantage of or defeated

Word History and Origins

Origin of pushover¹

1905–10, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase push over

Example Sentences

The Rams play at New England on Sunday — the Patriots aren’t pushovers — then play home against Philadelphia, at New Orleans, and back home against Buffalo.

From Los Angeles Times

Rain and cool temperatures turned Valhalla into a pushover for the first two days, and the scores showed it.

From Seattle Times

Mr Xi will be friendly - he knows that China needs the US - but he will also show he is no pushover.

From BBC

There is something of that in Ray where he goes from a pushover to embracing this darkness and coming out of his shell.

From Salon

Garner could be warm and friendly, yet he was anything but a pushover.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• cinch
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