About The Word Shove
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Shove
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What's The Definition Of Shove?
[n] the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something); "he gave the door a shove"
[v] push roughly; "the people pushed and shoved to get in line" [v] come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train" [v] press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" Synonyms | Synonyms for Shove: jostle | squeeze | stuff | thrust Related Terms | Find terms related to Shove: See Also | bundling | elbow | force | force | jostle | jostling | push | push | push | pushing | shoulder in Shove In Webster's Dictionary \Shove\ (sh[u^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shoved}
(sh[u^]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shoving}.] [OE. shoven, AS.
scofian, fr. sc[=u]fan; akin to OFries. sk[=u]va, D.
schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. sk[=u]fa,
sk[=y]fa, Sw. skuffa, Dan. skuffe, Goth. afskiuban to put
away, cast away; cf. Skr. kshubh to become agitated, to
quake, Lith. skubrus quick, skubinti to hasten. [root]160.
Cf. {Sheaf} a bundle of stalks, {Scoop}, {Scuffle}.]
1. To drive along by the direct and continuous application of
strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to
make it move along the surface of another body; as, to
shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the
floor.
2. To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude
manner; to jostle.
And shove away the worthy bidden guest. --Milton.
He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants.
--Arbuthnot.
\Shove\, v. i. 1. To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling. 2. To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off. He grasped the oar, eceived his guests on board, and shoved from shore. --Garth. \Shove\, n. The act of shoving; a forcible push. I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove. --Swift. Syn: See {Thrust}. \Shove\, obs. p. p. of {Shove}. --Chaucer. |
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