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shove

UK/ʃəʊv/ US/ʃʊv/ common slang
verb (3) noun (1)

verb

1.

come into rough contact with while moving

  • “The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train”
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2.

push roughly

  • “the people pushed and shoved to get in line”
3.

press or force

  • “Stuff money into an envelope”
  • “She thrust the letter into his hand”
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noun

1.

the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)

  • “he gave the door a shove”

Origin

From Middle English schouven, from Old English sċūfan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuban, from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-. See also West Frisian skowe, Low German schuven, Dutch schuiven, German schieben, Danish skubbe, Norwegian Bokmål skyve, Norwegian Nynorsk skuva; also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”).

Phrases

  • ice shove
  • push and shove
  • shove about
  • shove around
  • shove down
  • shove ha'penny
  • shove in the mouth
  • shove it
  • shove it up your ass
  • shove knife
  • shove off
  • when push comes to shove

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