upthrust

American  

[uhp-thruhst] / ˈʌpˌθrʌst /

noun

1. a thrust in an upward direction.

2. a sudden and forceful upward movement, as of a nation's economy or the stock market.

   Market observers are hoping the upthrust can be sustained.

3. Geology.  an upheaval.

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verb (used without object)

1. to thrust upward.

   Frost caused the ground to upthrust.

upthrust British  

/ ˈʌpˌθrʌst /

noun

1. an upward push or thrust

2. geology a violent upheaval of the earth's surface

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Etymology

Origin of upthrust

First recorded in 1840–50; up- + thrust

Example Sentences

The dark hair is short, upthrust, much toyed with – a grown-out version of Salander’s punky undercut, which suits her but which the actor isn’t so enamoured of: “I’ve just got to patiently wait it out.”

From The Guardian

Sam sprang in, inside the arches of her legs, and with a quick upthrust of his other hand stabbed at the clustered eyes upon her lowered head.

From Literature

"Mountain in a Cage," one of two large drawings here, has upthrusts and blossomings, striated fields of energy, power-bestowing rays, sweeps and swells of color, rises, pushes and pulls.

From Los Angeles Times

There is the “Rescue Team, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, UK,” standing atop the upthrust prow of a rescue boat while a yellow copter hovers overhead, dangling a rescued man on a wire.

From New York Times

The crescent lines with which their lowered arms answer their upthrust legs are terrific, like the long, slanting curve of the two legs.

From New York Times