Shoehorn

Quick meaning: Shoehorn is a noun meaning A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place.

Meaning

A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place.

More Meanings

1. (derogatory) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.
2. (literally) To use a shoehorn.
3. (transitive, figurative) To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
5. (obsolete) Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.

Example Sentences

His staff want to shoehorn an extra stop into his already packed campaigning schedule.

I shoehorned his dozen burgeoning bags into the backseat of my tiny car, and off we went.

People claiming to be psychic may shoehorn an event into fulfillment of some vague past prediction.

I was about sixty feet ahead of this film in many spots, which speaks rather poorly for it. And I resented the heartthrobs which were planted in my bosom with a shoehorn via the "little child" process.

Word Forms

• shoehorns
• shoe horn
• shoe-horn
• shoehorning
• shoehorned

Synonyms for shoehorn

Depending on context, synonyms include shoeing-horn, tailor.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tailor, handled, shoe-horn, shoeing-horn, shoe, heel.

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