SHOVING

Etymology

Verb

shoving

present participle of shove

Noun

shoving (plural shovings)

The act of one who shoves.

We were soon separated by the pushings and shovings of the crowd.

Source: Wiktionary

SHOVE

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