push-in

See also: push in

English

Noun

push-in (plural push-ins)

1. (cinematography) Alternative form of push in
   • 15 October 2018, Jesse Hassenger, AV Club Jonah Hill makes his auspicious if uneven filmmaking debut with a Mid90s nostalgia trip[1]

     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.

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

     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.

References

• Jonathon Green (2024) “push-in job n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Anagrams

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