(psychology, psychiatry) a proclivity to speak with rapidity and intensity without apparent motivation, commonly seen as a marker for a manic episode of bipolar disorder

(obsolete) pressing; urgent / (obsolete) oppressive

(obsolete) gravitating; heavy

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Pressirostres, a tribe of wading birds with flattened beaks.

plural of pressback

A wooden chair of the Victorian period, having a pattern pressed into the crest rail and/or splat by means of a steam press.

plural of pressure gauge

An apparatus used to measure pressure in a tyre, pressurised tank, boiler etc.

Total pressure in a fluid equivalent to the sum of the gage and the atmospheric pressures.

(geology) A device used to measure the stress in soil under pressure