Pusher may refer to:

Film and television

* ''Pusher'' (film series), a trilogy by the Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn ** ''Pusher'' (1996 film), the first film in the series * ''Pusher'' (2012 film), a British remake of the 1996 film, directed by Luis Prieto * ''The Pusher'' (film), a 1960 American film directed by Gene Milford, based on an Ed McBain novel * "Pusher" (The X-Files), a television episode * Pusher, a fictional type of telepathic character in the 2009 film ''

Push Push may refer to: Music * Mike Dierickx (born 1973), a Belgian producer also known as Push Albums * ''Push'' (Bros album), 1988 * ''Push'' (Gruntruck album), 1992 * ''Push'' (Jacky Terrasson album), 2010 Songs * "Push" (Enrique Iglesias ...

Music

Pusher (musician) Martin Bernie, known professionally as Pusher, is a musician based in Toronto. Pusher's song "I Can't Believe It" is about the social problem of lack of access to affordable housing. Pusher released their debut album in 2016. Their album ''Paperm ...

, Canadian musician * "

The Pusher "The Pusher" is a rock song written by Hoyt Axton, made popular by the 1969 movie ''Easy Rider'' which used Steppenwolf's version to accompany the opening scenes showing drug trafficking. The lyrics of the song distinguish between a ''dealer ...

", a 1968 song by Steppenwolf, written by Hoyt Axton * "Pusher", a song by Nickelback from the album ''

Curb A curb (North American English), or kerb (Commonwealth English except Canada; see spelling differences), is the edge where a raised sidewalk or road median/central reservation meets a street or other roadway. History Although curbs hav ...

'', 1996 *

The Pusher (band) The Pusher is a Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the ...

, a Swedish pop group * ''Pusher'', a 2018 album by

Dani M Daniel Monserrat, better known by his stage name Dani M (born in Gävle on 6 January 1990), is a rapper, reggae and hip hop solo artist from Uppsala, Sweden. Monserrat first gained recognition after being a featured singer in hit songs in 2012– ...

Sports and games

Pusher (tennis) In tennis, a pusher is a defensive player who "pushes" back any shot they can chase down, without deliberately hitting a winner. They can angle shots, aim deep, as well as produce effective lobs. Pushers are extremely quick and consistent, rarely ...

, a type of defensive tennis player *

Pusher game are a type of arcade game commonly found in amusement arcades and casinos, especially in Japan. In order to play a medal game, a customer must first exchange their cash into medals (metal coins, much like an arcade token). The rate of medals ...

, a type of medal game * Pusher, a stick used to play

underwater hockey Underwater hockey (UWH), (also known as Octopush in the United Kingdom) is a globally played limited-contact sport in which two teams compete to manoeuvre a puck across the bottom of a swimming pool into the opposing team's goal by propelling ...

* Pusher, a game manufactured by

Peri Spiele Peri Spiele was an Austrian board game, card game and playing card manufacturer based in Scharnstein in Upper Austria. History The firm was founded in 1959 by Erich Perner. Later his son Wolfgang Perner became managing director. In 1984, a bran ...

Transport

Pusher (boat) A pusher, pusher craft, pusher boat, pusher tug, or towboat, is a boat designed for pushing barges or car floats. In the United States, the industries that use these vessels refer to them as towboats. These vessels are characterized by a squar ...

, a vessel designed for pushing barges or car floats *

Pusher configuration In an aircraft with a pusher configuration (as opposed to a tractor configuration), the propeller(s) are mounted behind their respective engine(s). Since a pusher propeller is mounted behind the engine, the drive shaft is in compression in no ...

, an aircraft configuration *

Pusher engine A bank engine (United Kingdom/Australia) (colloquially a banker), banking engine, helper engine or pusher engine (North America) is a railway locomotive that temporarily assists a train that requires additional power or traction to climb a grad ...

, or bank engine, a type of railway locomotive *

Pusher trailer A pusher trailer is a device attached to the rear of a vehicle or bike that provides force to assist the vehicle. For bikes Electric Electric pusher trailers use energy stored in a battery, typically of lithium ion or sealed lead acid chemistry, ...

, a power-assistive device attached to the rear of a vehicle or bike *

Passenger pusher A pusher is a worker who pushes people onto the mass transportation vehicle at a crowded stop during the rush hours. Origins New York City New York City conductors were well-known for using the phrase "step lively" to exhort passengers to clear ...

, a worker who helps people board mass transit vehicles at crowded stops

Other uses

Pusher centrifuge A pusher centrifuge is a type of filtration technique that offers continuous operation to de-water and wash materials such as relatively in-compressible feed solids, free-draining crystalline, polymers and fibrous substances. It consists of a cons ...

, a filtration technique *

Tool pusher A tool pusher (sometimes toolpusher or just pusher or even, when spoken of in the third person, The Push) is an occupation within the oil drilling industry. On a land drilling rig the tool pusher may be rig manager and responsible for all operat ...

, or just pusher, the manager of an oil rig * Pusher, a dealer in the

illegal drug trade The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of prohibited drugs. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of drugs through ...

* Pusher, a layer in

nuclear weapon design Nuclear weapon designs are physical, chemical, and engineering arrangements that cause the physics package of a nuclear weapon to detonate. There are three existing basic design types: * pure fission weapons, the simplest and least technically ...

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