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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈʃʌv/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ʃʌv/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(shuv; Textile shōv)

Inflections of 'shove' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

shoves: v 3rd person singular

shoving: v pres p

shoved: v past

shoved: v past p

shove¹ /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.

shove¹ (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.

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

the act or an instance of shoving

Etymology: Old English scūfan; related to Old Norse skūfa to push, Gothic afskiuban to push away, Old High German skioban to shoveˈshover n

'shove' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

elbow - hustle - shove-halfpenny - shove off - shovel - shuffle - stuff - boon - boost - bull - bung - crowd - cuff - hunch - jostle - obtrude - outshove - plunk - poach - push - thrust - tick - up - V, v - scuff - shove-ha'penny - shuffleboard - shunt - skua - spoon - stick

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Collocations: a [huge, quick, rough, powerful, playful] shove, gave him a shove (towards), felt a shove in his [shoulder, back], more...

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