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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024shove1 /ʃʌv/USA pronunciation v., shoved, shov•ing, n. v. - to push along from behind, often carelessly:[~ + object]He shoved the chair into the room.
- to push roughly or rudely;
jostle: [no object]The huge crowd shoved forward into the stadium.[~ + object]The police shoved him against a wall. - shove off, [no object] to go away;
depart:It was time for us to shove off. n. [countable] - an act or instance of shoving:She gave him a shove.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shove1 (shuv),USA pronunciation v., shoved, shov•ing, n. v.t. - to move along by force from behind;
push. - to push roughly or rudely;
jostle. - Slang Terms(often vulgar). to go to hell with:Voters are telling Congress to shove its new tax plan.
v.i. - to push.
- Slang Terms shove or stick it, Slang (often vulgar). (used to express contempt or belligerence):I told them to take the job and shove it.
- Slang Terms shove or stick it up your or one's ass, Slang (vulgar). go to hell: a term of contempt, abuse, disagreement, or the like.
- shove off:
- to push a boat from the shore.
- Informal Termsto go away;
depart:I think I'll be shoving off now.
n. - an act or instance of shoving.
- when or if push comes to shove. See push (def. 35).
- bef. 900; (verb, verbal) Middle English schouven, Old English scūfan; cognate with Dutch schuiven, obsolete German schauben, Old Norse skūfa; akin to Gothic -skiuban; (noun, nominal) Middle English scou, derivative of the verb, verbal
shov′er, n. shove2 (shōv),USA pronunciation n. - Textilesboon3.
- apparently variant of shive2
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shove /ʃʌv/ vb - to give a thrust or push to (a person or thing)
- (transitive) to give a violent push to; jostle
- (intransitive) to push one's way roughly
- (transitive) informal to put (something) somewhere, esp hurriedly or carelessly: shove it in the bin
n - the act or an instance of shoving
See also shove offEtymology: Old English scūfan; related to Old Norse skūfa to push, Gothic afskiuban to push away, Old High German skioban to shoveˈshover n |