SHOVE

shove

(noun) the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something); “he gave the door a shove”

shove

(verb) push roughly; “the people pushed and shoved to get in line”

jostle, shove

(verb) come into rough contact with while moving; “The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train”

thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze

(verb) press or force; “Stuff money into an envelope”; “She thrust the letter into his hand”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

shove (third-person singular simple present shoves, present participle shoving, simple past (obsolete) shave or shoved, past participle (obsolete) shoven or shoved)

(transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.

(intransitive) To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.

(poker, by ellipsis) To make an all-in bet.

(slang) To pass (counterfeit money).

Noun

shove (plural shoves)

A rough push.

(poker slang) An all-in bet.

A forward movement of packed river-ice.

Anagrams

• hoves

Source: Wiktionary

Shove, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shoved; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoving.] Etym: [OE. shoven, AS. scofian, fr. sc; akin to OFries. sk, D. schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. sk, sk, 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. sq. root160. 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,shoved from shore. Garth.

Shove, n.

Definition: The act of shoving; a forcible push. I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove. Swift.

Syn.

– See Thrust.

Shove, obs.

Definition: p. p. of Shove. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition