home thrust

noun

A well-directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part.

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Meanings

nounhome thrust (plural home thrusts)

plural home thrusts

  1. A well-directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part.
  2. figurativelyA personal attack.

    “I make it a point of honour not to lose a man for King George (God bless him!) and the gallows.” The rogues looked at each other but swallowed the home-thrust in silence.

    1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
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APA

home thrust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20thrust

MLA

“home thrust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20thrust. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “home thrust,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20thrust.

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