a. [f. THRUST sb. + -FUL.] Characterized by thrusting; energetic, pushful. Hence Thrustfulness.
1907. Daily Chron., 9 Sept., 9/3. Not an ideal centre forward,… but he is all vigour and thrustfulness. Ibid. (1909), 16 Feb., 8/8. The hall-backs neither tackle nor follow up keenly enough, and the forwards were not sufficiently thrustful or accurate.
