shove
/ʃʌv/ verb B2- To push, especially roughly or with force.
- To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
- To make an all-in bet.
- To pass (counterfeit money).
- To put hurriedly
He/she/it shoves · Past shoved · Past participle shoved · -ing form shoving
Verb forms
- Base form
- shove
- He/she/it
- shoves
- Past
- shoved
- Past participle
- shoved
- -ing form
- shoving
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- shove about To bully somebody; to be bossy towards somebody.
- shove around Synonym of shove about.
- shove down Synonym of shove over.
- shove off To set a boat in motion by pushing with an oar or boathook.
- shove on To force or pressure (someone) into accepting something.
- shove over To push over; to push so that it topples.
From the library
Maxwell shoved his chair against the wall and transacted business after the manner of a toe dancer.
“No, no,” cried Holmes, shoving him back into the chair from which he had half risen.
In an instant he was placed in the stern-sheets of the boat, between the gendarmes, while the officer stationed himself at the bow; a shove sent the boat adrift, and four sturdy oarsmen impelled it rapidly towards the Pilon.
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