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shove
1[ shuhv ]
verb (used with object)
- to move along by force from behind; push:
Could you help me shove this table back to where it was?
- to push roughly or rudely; jostle:
Hey, quit shoving us—you can wait your turn like everyone else.
- Slang: Often Vulgar. to go to hell with:
Voters are telling Congress to shove its new tax plan.
verb (used without object)
- to push:
OK, all hands on the back of this crate, and on the count of three, shove!
- Baseball. to pitch with exceptional focus and effectiveness:
This young closer is spoiling us—we assume he’ll walk out to the mound and shove, and that’s exactly what he does.
noun
- an act or instance of shoving:
I gave it a couple of good shoves, but it barely budged.
verb phrase
- to push a boat from the shore:
It’s been fun on the beach, but we’d better shove off before the tide goes out any more and grounds our propeller.
- Informal. to go away; depart:
I think I'll be shoving off now.
shove
2[ shohv ]
noun
shove
/ ʃʌ /
verb
- to give a thrust or push to (a person or thing)
- tr to give a violent push to; jostle
- intr to push one's way roughly
- informal.tr to put (something) somewhere, esp hurriedly or carelessly
shove it in the bin
noun
- the act or an instance of shoving
Derived Forms
- ˈDZ, noun
Other Word Forms
- DZ· noun
- ܲ·DZ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of shove1
Word History and Origins
Origin of shove1
Idioms and Phrases
- shove it up your / one's ass, Slang: Vulgar. go to hell: a term of contempt, abuse, disagreement, or the like. Also stick it up yourone's ass.
- shove it, Slang: Often Vulgar. (used to express contempt or belligerence): Also stick it.
I told them to take the job and shove it.
- when / if push comes to shove. push ( def 37 ).
More idioms and phrases containing shove
see push comes to shove ; push (shove) off ; ram (shove) down someone's throat ; stick (shove) it .Example Sentences
The "flood the zone" strategy has revealed the classic Trumpian chaos and ineptitude that too many people shoved down the memory hole last November in the face of the braggadocious hucksterism at which Trump excels.
Fabian Schmidt, a third German and green card holder, was stopped at Boston Logan International Airport and reportedly subjected to harsh interrogation tactics and shoved into a cold shower, naked.
Already, the leadership at Stanford University has piped up in support, with a similar vow to tell Trump to shove his authoritarian demands.
It posted a video on Instagram showing a Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputy in a helmet and tactical gear shoving back a student with a baton.
“The gears of capitalism are such that it’s unlikely. There are too many brass rings here in the music world, and when push comes to shove, people just deal with it.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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