[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That thrusts: see the verb.
1898. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., V. 981. The forcible heaving or thrusting movements of the ventricle.
1909. Blackw. Mag., Dec., 741/1. The bright thrusting blade of the sun seemed more endurable.
b. Hunting slang. That thrusts himself forward in the hunting-field: cf. THRUSTER 2.
1895. Daily News, 22 Nov., 6/5. The difference between ‘true sportsmen who “ride to hunt” and the thrusting steeplechasers who “hunt to ride.”’
1900. Westm. Gaz., 30 Nov., 4/3. There had been no need to request thrusting riders to ‘Hold hard!’
