shove Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)
    • he gave the door a shove
  2. verb come into rough contact with while moving
    jostle.
    • The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train
  3. verb push roughly
    • the people pushed and shoved to get in line
  4. verb press or force
    thrust; squeeze; stuff.
    • Stuff money into an envelope
    • She thrust the letter into his hand

WordNet

Shove transitive verb
Etymology
OE. shoven, AS. scofian, fr. scfan; akin to OFries. skva, D. schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. skfa, skfa, 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. Cf. Sheaf a bundle of stalks, Scoop, Scuffle.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Shoved ; present participle & verbal noun Shoving
Definitions
  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 intransitive verb
Definitions
  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, received his guests on board, and shoved from shore. Garth.
Shove noun
Definitions
  1. The act of shoving; a forcible push.
    I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove. Swift.
    Syn. -- See Thrust.
Shove
Definitions
obs.
  1. p. p. of Shove. Chaucer.

Webster 1913