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Definition of Shove

1. Verb. Come into rough contact with while moving. "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"

2. Noun. The act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something). "He gave the door a shove"

3. Verb. Push roughly. "The people pushed and shoved to get in line"

4. Verb. Press or force. "They shove the books into the box"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

Definition of Shove

1. v. t. 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. v. i. To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.

3. n. The act of shoving; a forcible push.

Definition of Shove

1. Verb. To push, especially roughly or with force ¹

2. Verb. (poker by ellipsis) To make an all-in bet. ¹

3. Verb. (slang) To pass (counterfeit money). ¹

4. Noun. A rough push. ¹

5. Noun. (poker slang) An all-in bet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shove

1. to push roughly [v SHOVED, SHOVING, SHOVES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shove

shoutiest shouting shouting dictation shouting dictations shouting match shouting matches shouting out shoutingly shoutings shoutout

shoutouts shouts shouts-out shouts out shouty shove (current term) shove-ha'penny shove-halfpenny shove-it shove along

shove ha'penny shove halfpenny shove off shove the queer shoved shovel-nosed shovel-ready shovel board shovel hat

Literary usage of Shove

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1900)
"shove-GROAT. Slide-thrift, or shove-groat, is one of the games prohibited by statute, 33 Henry VIII. It has been already noticed from Rowland's Satyres, ..."

2. Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1841)
"shove-GROAT. Slide-Thrift, or shove-Groat, is one of the Bames ... A shove-groat shilling is mentioned in Shakspeare's " Second Part of King Henry the ..."

3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1862)
"The names of the children of Mr. George shove and Hopestill: Edward, ... shove, dyed 7th M'ch, 1673 or 4. George shove maried to Mrs. Hannah Walley, Feb. ..."

4. Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1900)
"Occasional mention of shove-groat (also named Slip-groat, ... The shove-groat shilling adverted to in Shakespeare's Second Part of King Henry IV., ..."

5. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Cf. scuffle, which is the frequentative of Swed. skuffa, to push, shove. See Scuffle. Shroud. (E.) , . ..."

6. Records of the Proprietors of Narraganset Township, No. 1: Now the Town of by Buxton (Me.). Proprietors, William Frederic Goodwin, Buxton (Me.) (1871)
"[From tlio Massachusetts Court Records, January 11, 1730.] ON THE PETITION of John Foster Esq' and Edward shove Agents for the ..."

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