Shove
[ʃʌv]
Definition
(noun.) the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something); 'he gave the door a shove'.
(verb.) push roughly; 'the people pushed and shoved to get in line'.
Checked by Letitia--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle.
(v. i.) To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.
(v. i.) To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off.
(n.) The act of shoving; a forcible push.
(-) p. p. of Shove.
Inputed by Cathleen
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Push, propel, thrust, poke.
Checked by Carmen
Definition
v.t. to drive along by continuous pressure: to push before one.—v.i. to push forward: to push off.—n. act of shoving: a strong push a forward movement of packed river-ice.—Shove off to push off a boat with oar or boat-hook.
Checker: Louie
Examples
- La, Aunt Chloe, shove it under, and let 'em sit up, said Mas'r George, decisively, giving a push to the rude machine. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I can shove her off without help; and as to me being seen, I'm about at all times. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Will you obligingly shove that box--which you mentioned on a former occasion as containing miscellanies--towards me in the midst of the shop here? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He broke off the cork and the end had to be shoved down into the bottle. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The bridge was carried quickly, the enemy retreating over it so hastily that many were shoved into the river, and some of them were drowned. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He had shoved the safety catch off and he pushed Maria away with his left hand. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He shoved the large tin of cigarettes which stood on a table beside him towards my companion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Robert Jordan reached down the table for a cup and poured a drink of whiskey into it and shoved it along the table to Anselmo. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- These military gentlemen are ungrateful to an invention which shoved and butted them into victory almost in spite of themselves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Don't tell me your nonsense about the proper spot, said old Smith, I have almost had the breath shoved out of my body to-night. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- No, no, cried Holmes, shoving him back into the chair from which he had half risen. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I say,' rejoined Bolter, 'don't yer go shoving me into danger, or sending me any more o' yer police-offices. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- They take as much genuine pleasure in building a barricade as they do in cutting a throat or shoving a friend into the Seine. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- With many people pushing me, I moved the chair close against the wall, shoving it ahead of me as they shoved me from behind. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I want them out of the way, and you're always shoving them in it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I rushed towards it and pulled at the handle, but it was quite secure, and did not give in the least to my kicks and shoves. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Toni