push-in

noun

A mugging in which a robber group of robbers waits in a hallway for the victim to come home and then pushes them into the apartment.

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Meanings

nounpush-in (plural push-ins)

plural push-ins

  1. alternativebroadcastingAlternative form of push in.

    The smaller frame means that Hill uses a lot of tight one-shots, mixed in with more expressive images like an endless sea of skaters fleeing from cops or a slow push-in on Stevie and Ian having an uncomfortable conversation while playing video games on their couch.

    15 October 2018, Jesse Hassenger, AV Club Jonah Hill makes his auspicious if uneven filmmaking debut with a Mid90s nostalgia triphttps://web.archive.org/web/20181015200214/https://film.avclub.com/jonah-hill-makes-his-auspicious-if-uneven-filmmaking-de-1829744755
  2. slangA mugging in which a robber group of robbers waits in a hallway for the victim to come home and then pushes them into the apartment.

    The three of us were hanging out rapping in Hamilton projects with some niggahs Pimp had got tight with on Rikers Island. Them fools had done a push-in and took over some old lady's apartment, and they were in there cutting crack and mixing weight.

    2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 103
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APA

push-in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/push-in

MLA

“push-in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/push-in. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “push-in,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/push-in.

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