maneuver vs push-up

maneuver

verb
  • To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position. 

  • To guide, steer, manage purposefully 

  • To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme 

noun
  • A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle. 

  • The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. 

  • A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments. 

  • A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity. 

  • Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem. 

push-up

verb
  • To perform a push-up, or to lift oneself off the ground in a push-up-like manner. 

noun
  • An exercise done to improve upper body strength, performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor. 

  • A push-up bra. 

adj
  • Supporting the breasts to increase their apparent size. 

  • Designed to be worn rolled up. 

How often have the words maneuver and push-up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )