To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
To press onward or forward.
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
To provoke; to exasperate.
To press hard upon; to follow closely.
A strong desire; an itch to do something.
To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.
To quarrel angrily and noisily; to bicker.
Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining.
To gather and organize (data, facts, information, etc.), especially in a way which requires sentience rather than automated methods alone, as in data wrangling.
To argue, to debate; also (dated), to debate or discuss publicly, especially about a thesis at a university.
To make harsh noises as if quarrelling.
To herd (horses or other livestock).
To manage or supervise (people).
Angry disputation; noisy quarrelling.
An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercation.