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verb

Shove v. t. (past & past part. shoved; pres. part. shoving)

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.

To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle. "And shove away the worthy bidden guest." "He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants."

Shove v. i.

To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.

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."

Shove v. obs. P. p. of Shove.

noun

Shove n. The act of shoving; a forcible push. "I rested... and then gave the boat another shove."

Synonyms: See Thrust.

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Etymology of 'Shove'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shove" Quotes from Famous Books

... each row are about twenty feet, or rather more. Each pile is erected by raising the one end until the other slips into the hole. Rattans are tied round it a little above its middle and passed over a tall tripod of stout poles. A number of men haul on these while others shove up the top end with their shoulders. The pile is thus suspended with its butt end resting so lightly on the ground that it can easily be guided into the hole prepared for its reception. Smaller accessory piles, ...

— The Pagan Tribes of Borneo • Charles Hose and William McDougall

... facts are momentous and appalling. And I put young men and women and Christian parents and guardians on the look-out. This stuff cannot be handled without pollution. Away with it from parlor, and shop, and store! There is so much newspaper literature that is pure, and cheap, and elegant; shove back this leprosy ...

— The Abominations of Modern Society • Rev. T. De Witt Talmage

... anything, argued the point from motives of pure antagonism, he called the marshal. The marshal was conservative. He dallied with the need of coming. Kenny took advantage of a dispute among the enemy to count out the bills in concessional disgust and shove them through the slats. Silas, turning, brushed them with his nose and leaped back in terror. Then his hand shot upwards in an avaricious clutch. The amazed pair counted the bills and departed, ever after confusing Kenny's ...

— Kenny • Leona Dalrymple

... Pusey or maybe Albert Einstein. Not that he looks like either one of them, or even that he looks saintly, but he does look like a man who has the courage of his convictions and is calmly, quietly, but forcefully ready to shove what he knows to be the truth down everybody else's throat if that becomes necessary. Or maybe I am just reading into his face what I know to be true about ...

— Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... • Gordon Randall Garrett

... confronted by knowledge. Ford knew. He showed me how properly to mount his board. Then he waited for a good breaker, gave me a shove at the right moment, and started me in. Ah, delicious moment when I felt that breaker grip and ...

— The Cruise of the Snark • Jack London

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