English Explanatory Dictionary

shove

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To push, especially roughly or with force.
  2. To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
  3. To make an all-in bet.
  4. To pass (counterfeit money).
  5. To put hurriedly
noun
  1. A rough push.
  2. An all-in bet.
  3. A forward movement of packed river-ice.
verb
  1. simple past of shave

Pronunciation

shŭv /ʃʌv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shove.wav /ʃʊv/ /ʃəʊv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shove2.wav

Word forms

shove shoves shoving shoved shoven

Etymology

From Middle English schouven, from Old English sċūfan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuban, from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-. See also West Frisian skowe, Low German schuven, Dutch schuiven, German schieben, Danish skubbe, Norwegian Bokmål skyve, Norwegian Nynorsk skuva; also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”).

Derived words

duckshove outshove push and shove shovable shoveable shove about shove around shoveboard shove down shovegroat shove ha'penny shove it shove-it shove it up your ass shovel shove off shove on shove over shover shove something down someone's throat shove the queer shove up shuffleboard tell someone where to shove it unshoved ice shove shove in the mouth shove knife shovey when push comes to shove shool
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