How to pronounce push in American English
PUUSH
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Americans pronounce push as PUUSH (/pʊʃ/).
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Why it sounds different
Why "push" sounds like PUUSH.
The "" at the end of "" flows directly into the vowel starting "" — the consonant migrates to the next word with no pause between. This is called the Consonant-to-Vowel Linking, how Americans glue words together so they sound like one phrase. It comes out as PUUSH.
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"Can we push back the meeting time by about thirty minutes?"
kuhn wee PUUSH BAK dhuh MEE·duhng TAHYM bahy uh·BOWT THUR·dee MIH·nuhts
"He does push-ups and sit-ups every morning."
hee duhz PUUSH uhps and SIHT uhps EHV·ree MOR·nuhng
"Punish the foolish motion with a harsh push."
PUH·nuhsh dhuh FOO·luhsh MOH·shuhn wihth uh HARSH PUUSH
"Push and pull."
PUUSH and PUUL
"Push the bush."
PUUSH dhuh BUUSH
Questions
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Is the American pronunciation of "push" different from British English?
American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "PUUSH" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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