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[shuhv] 
verb, shoved, shov⋅ing, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to move along by force from behind; push. |
| 2. | to push roughly or rudely; jostle. |
| 3. | Slang: Often Vulgar. to go to hell with: Voters are telling Congress to shove its new tax plan. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to push. |
–noun
—Verb phrase| 5. | an act or instance of shoving. |
| 6. | shove off,
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| 7. | shove or stick it, Slang (often vulgar). (used to express contempt or belligerence): I told them to take the job and shove it. |
| 8. | shove or stick it up your or one's ass, Slang (vulgar). go to hell: a term of contempt, abuse, disagreement, or the like. |
| 9. | when or if push comes to shove. push (def. 35). |
Origin:
bef. 900; (v.) ME schouven, OE scūfan; c. D schuiven, obs. G schauben, ON skūfa; akin to Goth -skiuban; (n.) ME scou, deriv. of the v.
bef. 900; (v.) ME schouven, OE scūfan; c. D schuiven, obs. G schauben, ON skūfa; akin to Goth -skiuban; (n.) ME scou, deriv. of the v.
Related forms:
shover, noun
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| shove (shŭv) v. shoved, shov·ing, shoves v. tr.
To push someone or something with force. n. The act of shoving; a push. Phrasal Verb(s): shove off
[Middle English shoven, from Old English scūfan.] shov'er n. |
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Shove
Shove\ (sh[u^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shoved (sh[u^]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Shoving.] [OE. shoven, AS. scofian, fr. sc[=u]fan; akin to OFries. sk[=u]va, D. schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. sk[=u]fa, sk[=y]fa, 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. [root]160. Cf. Sheaf a bundle of stalks, Scoop, Scuffle.]1. 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. To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle. And shove away the worthy bidden guest. --Milton. He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants. --Arbuthnot.Shove
Shove\, v. i. 1. To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling. 2. To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off. He grasped the oar, eceived his guests on board, and shoved from shore. --Garth.Shove
Shove\, n. The act of shoving; a forcible push. I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove. --Swift. Syn: See Thrust.Shove
Shove\, obs. p. p. of Shove. --Chaucer.
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Language Translation for : shove
Spanish:
empujar,
German:
schieben,stoßen,
Japanese:
押す
shove
O.E. scufan "push away" (class II strong verb; past tense sceaf, pp. scoven), from P.Gmc. *skeub-, *skub- (cf. O.N. skufa, O.Fris. skuva, Du. schuiven, O.H.G. scioban, Ger. schieben "to push, thrust," Goth. af-skiuban) "to put away," from PIE base *skeubh- "to shove" (cf. scuffle, shuffle, shovel; likely cognates outside Gmc. include Lith. skubti "to make haste," skubinti "to hasten"). Replaced by push in all but colloquial and nautical usage. The noun is attested from c.1300. Shove off "leave" (1844) is from boating.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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