2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: High-pressure \High"-pres`sure\ (?; 135), a. 1. Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life. [1913 Webster] 3. Using intense psychological pressure or other incentives to convince others to do things; aggressively persistent; as, high-pressure salesmen; high-pressure tactics. [PJC] {High-pressure engine}, an engine in which steam at high pressure is used. It may be either a condensing or a noncondensing engine. Formerly the term was used only of the latter. See {Steam engine}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: high-pressure adj : aggressively and persistently persuasive; "a hard-hitting advertising campaign"; "a high-pressure salesman" [syn: {hard-hitting}]
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