on-pressing

adjective

Of a group, crowd, army, etc., pressing forwards.

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Meanings

adjectiveon-pressing (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf a group, crowd, army, etc., pressing forwards.

    At the threshold he paused for an instant, and, lifting the struggling Arab above his head, hurled him, as though from a catapult, full in the faces of his on-pressing fellows.

    1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 62
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APA

on-pressing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on-pressing

MLA

“on-pressing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on-pressing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on-pressing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on-pressing.

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