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noun
1.
an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
2.
any fairly large contrivance or machine with a broad blade or scoop for taking up or removing loose matter: a steam shovel.
3.
a shovelful.
4.
Informal. shovel hat.
verb (used with object)
5.
to take up and cast or remove with a shovel: to shovel coal.
6.
to gather up in large quantity roughly or carelessly with or as if with a shovel: He shoveled food into his mouth.
7.
to dig or clear with or as if with a shovel: to shovel a path through the snow.
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Shovelling
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
verb (used without object)
8.
to work with a shovel.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English schovel, Old English scofl; cognate with Dutch schoffel hoe; akin to German Schaufel shovel
before 900; Middle English schovel, Old English scofl; cognate with Dutch schoffel hoe; akin to German Schaufel shovel
Related forms
un·shov·eled, adjective
un·shov·elled, adjective
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Word Origin & History
shovel
O.E. scofl, sceofol, related to scufan (see shove), from P.Gmc. *skublo (cf. O.S. skufla, Swed. skovel, M.L.G. schufle, M.Du. shuffel, Du. schoffel, O.H.G. scuvala, Ger. Schaufel). The verb is attested from c.1440. Shovel-ready, with ref. to construction projects, is attested by 2006.
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