Definitions for shove
ʃʌvshove

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. shoveverb

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

   "he gave the door a shove"

2. jostle, shoveverb

   come into rough contact with while moving

   "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"

3. shoveverb

   push roughly

   "the people pushed and shoved to get in line"

4. thrust, stuff, shove, squeezeverb

   press or force

   "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shovenoun

   A rough push.

2. shovenoun

   An all-in bet.

3. shoveverb

   To push, especially roughly or with force

4. shoveverb

   To make an all-in bet.

5. shoveverb

   To pass (counterfeit money).

6. Etymology: scufan, from skeubanan. Cognate with Dutch schuiven, German schieben.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shovenoun

   The act of shoving; a push.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   I was forced to swim behind, and push the boat forward with one of my hands; and the tide favouring me, I could feel the ground: I rested two minutes, and then gave the boat another shove. Gulliver’s Travels.

2. To Shoveverb

   Etymology: scufan , Saxon; schuyven, Dutch.

   1. To push by main strength.

   The hand could pluck her back, that shov’d her on. William Shakespeare.

   In the corrupted currents of this world,
   Offence’s gilded hand may shove by justice;
   And oft the wicked prize itself
   Buys out the law. William Shakespeare.

   I sent your grace
   The parcels and particulars of our grief,
   The which hath been with scorn shov’d from the court. William Shakespeare.

   Of other care they little reck’ning make,
   Than how to scramble at the shearers feast,
   And shove away the worthy bidden guest. John Milton.

   There the British Neptune stood,
   Beneath them to submit th’ officious flood,
   And with his trident shov’d them off the sand. Dryden.

   Shoving back this earth on which I sit,
   I’ll mount. John Dryden, Tyrannick Love.

   A strong man was going to shove down St. Paul’s cupola. Arb.

   2. To drive a boat by a pole that reaches to the bottom of the water.3. To push; to rush against.

   He used to shove and elbow his fellow-servants to get near his mistress, when money was a-paying or receiving. Arbuthn.

   Behold a rev’rend sire
   Crawl through the streets, shov’d on or rudely press’d
   By his own sons. Alexander Pope.

   You’ve play’d and lov’d, and eat and drank your fill;
   Walk sober off, before a sprightlier age
   Come titt’ring on, and shove you from the stage. Alexander Pope.

   Make nature still incroach upon his plan,
   And shove him off as far as e’er we can. Alexander Pope.

   Eager to express your love,
   You ne’er consider whom you shove,
   But rudely press before a duke. Jonathan Swift.

3. To Shoveverb

   1. To push forward before one.

   The seamen towed, and I shoved ’till we arrived within forty yards of the shore. Gulliver’s Travels.

   2. To move in a boat, not by oars but a pole.

   He grasp’d the oar,
   Receiv’d his guests aboard, and shov’d from shore. Samuel Garth.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shove

   Shove is a 1990 song by grunge band L7, from the album Smell the Magic.

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1. shove

   Shove is a forceful push or thrust, typically with one's hand or body, in a specified direction. It can also imply rudely pushing someone aside or out of the way. As a noun, it refers to the action of pushing.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shoveverb

   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. Shoveverb

   to push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle

3. Shoveverb

   to push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling

4. Shoveverb

   to move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off

5. Shovenoun

   the act of shoving; a forcible push

6. Shove

   p. p. of Shove

7. Etymology: [OE. shoven, AS. scofian, fr. scfan; akin to OFries. skva, D. schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. skfa, skfa, Sw. skuffa, Dan. skuffe, Goth. afskiuban to put away, cast away; cf. Skr. kshubh to become agitated, to quake, Lith. skubrus quick, skubinti to hasten. 160. Cf. Sheaf a bundle of stalks, Scoop, Scuffle.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shove

   shuv, v.t. to drive along by continuous pressure: to push before one.—v.i. to push forward: to push off.—n. act of shoving: a strong push, a forward movement of packed river-ice.—Shove off, to push off a boat with oar or boat-hook. [A.S. scofian; Dut. schuiven, Ger. schieben.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHOVE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shove is ranked #47614 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shove surname appeared 445 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Shove.
   
   92.8% or 413 total occurrences were White.
   3.6% or 16 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.8% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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How to pronounce shove?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shove in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shove in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of shove in a Sentence

1. Barbara Bush:

   When push comes to shove, people are going to realize Jeb has real solutions. Rather than talking about how popular they are, how great they are, he's doing it because he sees a huge need and it's not being filled by anybody, of all the people running, he seems to be the one who can solve the problems. I think he'll be a great president.

2. Donald Trump:

   If push comes to shove, 25 % on a $ 1,000 phone is not a joking matter, regardless if Apple absorbs some of that or if it's largely passed onto the consumer.

3. Eric Schiffer:

   Fiorina used Sherlock Holmes-like tech marketing research at HP, this ear-to-the-ground excising of consumer talking points helps connect her with voters by feeding them what they want, but her reputation as CEO was a disaster – and this will shove her over the Republican plank.

4. Irmgard Erasmus:

   The socially-oriented government is aware that 2016 is another election year and that voting citizens have received the back end of the stick in recent months, while having indicated that the business climate will be more accommodative under the Lungu administration, the government's stance suggests that, when push comes to shove, little to none has changed in Zambia.

5. Kevin Appleby:

   When push comes to shove, the federal government has both the plenary power and the power of the 1980 Refugee Act to place refugees anywhere in the country.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shove
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shove
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=shove
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shove
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shove
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=shove
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=shove