Shove

Word SHOVE
Character 5
Hyphenation shove
Pronunciations /ʃʌv/

Definitions and meanings of "Shove"

What do we mean by shove?

To push quickly, forcefully, or roughly: synonym: push. intransitive verb

To put (something) roughly in a place. intransitive verb

To push someone or something with force. intransitive verb

To move forward roughly, often by shoving someone. intransitive verb

The act of shoving; a push. noun

To push (a boat) away from shore in leaving. phrasal verb

To leave. phrasal verb

The act of shoving, pushing, or pressing by strength continuously exerted; a strong push, generally along or as if along a surface. noun

The central woody part of the stem of flax or hemp; the boon. noun

A forward movement of packed and piled ice; especially, such a movement in the St. Lawrence river at Montreal, caused in the early winter by the descent of the ground-ice from the Lachine Rapids above, which, on reaching the islands below the city, is packed, thus forming a dam. noun

To press or push along by the direct application of strength continuously exerted; particularly, to push (something) so as to make it slide or move along the surface of another body, either by the hand or by an instrument: as, to shove a table along the floor; to shove a boat into the water.

To prop; support.

To push roughly or without ceremony; press against; jostle.

To push; bring into prominence.

Synonyms To push, propel, drive. See thrust.

To press or push forward; push; drive; move along.

To move in a boat by pushing with a pole or oar which reaches to the bottom of the water or to the shore: often with off or from.

To germinate; shoot: also, to cast the first teeth.

In billiards, the more common designation of the push. Degrees of strength have also given it other names. When it was foul in America to push so gently as to control the balls, the strenuous stroke was called Bowery in New York city, Germantown in Philadelphia, and timber-lick in the West. noun

To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling. intransitive verb

A rough push.

An all-in bet.

A forward movement of packed river-ice.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Shove

The word "shove" in example sentences

If doing X (or not doing X) will result in death or a disaster, a shove is appropriate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He turned up at that moment, and frankly gloated over the success of what he called shove the seventh, and twist the first. ❋ John Kendrick Bangs (1892)

When considering whether a nudge or shove is appropriate, it would seem a more basic question needs to be addressed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The "train" contained a super-chilled magnet and it was propelled by a shove from the demo-guy. ❋ Melted_snowball (2009)

What, if push comes to shove, is your all-time favorite album? ❋ Unknown (2009)

This kind of violence has always been instigated with a hard shove from the economic royalists, who would rather have the lower classes killing each other on the courthouse lawns rather than going inside the courthouses to challenge the structural inequalities they find so profitable. ❋ Maggie Jochild (2007)

Garza says the message would be, "Shove it," as in shove it down the throats of the hitters. ❋ Unknown (2006)

A child stands before the ball, and then a park guide gives it a shove from a specific angle, so that it comes careering back at the child's face only to stop just in front of it. ❋ M-mv (2004)

I don’t even understand why this issue of why a nudge might be preferred to a shove is a slightly difficult one. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"But, if push comes to shove, that is what is going to be used." ❋ Unknown (2011)

So, that the interests that we want to protect are that of a third-party hardly would hardly be conclusive as to whether a nudge or a shove should be the favored approach. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But if push comes to shove, that is what is going to be used, he said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But when push comes to shove, that is, if your idea is to push, shove and vote us out of power, it ain't happening because "We will crush you with our full force." ❋ Alemayehu G. Mariam (2010)

But when push comes to shove aka, when it's time to make managing partner, only those with strong sales skills make it. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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