Shove

Quick meaning: Shove is a verb meaning (transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.

Meaning

(transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
2. (poker, by ellipsis) To make an all-in bet.
3. To put hurriedly
4. A rough push.
5. (poker slang) An all-in bet.
6. A forward movement of packed river-ice.
7. (slang) To pass (counterfeit money).

Example Sentences

The ship was anon shoven in the sea.

I rested […] and then gave the boat another shove.

He grasped the oar, received his guests on board, and shoved from shore.

So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all

Word Forms

• shoves
• shoving
• shoved
• shoven

Synonyms for shove

Depending on context, synonyms include thrust, jostle, squeeze, stuff.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jostle, squeeze, thrust, stuff, hustle, push.

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