Operated by pushing and pulling. / (rail transport) Operating with locomotives at both the head and rear of a train. / Having two electronic devices in opposite phase.

An alternation or fluctuation between two opposites; a back-and-forth dispute, a tug of war.

A person employed by the government. / (historical) Someone who labours for the public good; a convict assigned to work on public projects.

(Britain, West Country) a grotesque carving, usually of a squatting animal, on the side of a building, especially a church.

A button, lever, or other device in a building used to set off the fire alarm when manually pulled, pushed or otherwise activated.

(transitive) To render into dust or powder. / (transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder. / (transitive) To defeat soundly, thrash.

Technical projects, often construction or engineering, carried out by the government on behalf of the community.

A phrase used when playing a prank regarding flatulence, in which someone is asked to pull the finger of the person playing the prank, who simultaneously flatulates so as to suggest a causal relationship between the pulling of the finger and the ensuing expulsion of gas.

That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding. / (figuratively) Debilitating, harsh.

Punishment.