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 1958 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: * A type of force applied to an object 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), 201 ...

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 in 1963, 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 1968 song by Steppenwolf, written by Hoyt Axton * "Pusher", a song by Nickelback from the album ''

Curb A curb (American English) or kerb (British English) is the edge where a raised sidewalk/pavement or road median/central reservation meets a street/other roadway. History Although curbs have been used throughout modern history, and indeed ...

'', 1996 *

The Pusher (band) The Pusher is a Swedish music group. History The Pusher was founded in summer 2007 and consists of the members Pontus Karlsson (drums), Jakke Erixson (vocals, bass), Karl-Ola Solem (guitar) und John Hårleman (keyboard). The four musicians co ...

, 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 balls without deliberately hitting a winner. Pushers aim to hit deep strokes, dinks, and lobs, which are characterized by consistency. Backspin is typically used instead of topspin. Th ...

, 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 v ...

, 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 1994 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 bra ...

* ''Pusher'', a 2002 video game published by JoWooD

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 squa ...

, a vessel designed for pushing barges or car floats *

Pusher configuration In aeronautical and naval engineering, pusher configuration is the term used to describe a drivetrain of air- or watercraft with propulsion device(s) after the engine(s). This is in contrast to the more conventional tractor configuration, wh ...

, 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 *

Passenger pusher A pusher is a worker who pushes people onto the mass transportation vehicle at a crowded stop during the rush hours. Historical use Japan When pushers were first brought in at Shinjuku Station, they were called , and were largely made up of stud ...

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

Other uses

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

, a filtration technique *

Tool pusher A tool pusher (sometimes toolpusher, pusher, or 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 operations, but on drillships and offshore oil rigs, ...

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

illegal drug trade The illegal drug trade, drug trafficking, or narcotrafficking is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of drug prohibition, prohibited drugs. Most jurisdictions prohibitionism, prohibit trade, exce ...

* Pusher, a layer in

nuclear weapon design Nuclear weapons design 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 are the simplest, least technically de ...

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