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Definition of pushy adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

pushy

adjective

NAmE//ˈpʊʃi//

(pushier, pushiest) (informal) (disapproving)

trying hard to get what you want, especially in a way that seems rude a pushy salesman Her parents were never pushy although they encouraged her acting ambitions from an early age.

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noun [uncountable] His pushiness made him unpopular.See pushy in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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