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shove

1  [shuhv] verb, shoved, shov⋅ing, noun
Use shove in a Sentence
–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
5. an act or instance of shoving.
—Verb phrase
6. shove off,
a. to push a boat from the shore.
b. Informal. to go away; depart: I think I'll be shoving off now.
—Idioms
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.

Related forms:
shover, noun

shove

2  [shohv]
–noun
boon 3 .
Origin:
appar. var. of shive 2

boon

3  [boon]
–noun Textiles.
the ligneous waste product obtained by braking and scutching flax.
Also called shive, shove.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME (north) bone; cf. OE bune reed
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shove   (shŭv)   
v.   shoved, shov·ing, shoves

v.   tr.

  1. To push forward or along.

  2. To push rudely or roughly. See Synonyms at push.

v.   intr.
To push someone or something with force.
n.  The act of shoving; a push.
Phrasal Verb(s):
shove off

  1. To push (a boat) away from shore in leaving.

  2. Informal To leave.


[Middle English shoven, from Old English scūfan.]
shov'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
boon

  1. in.
    to leave the road in a car for the boondocks. : Tom has a four-wheel-drive so we can really boon!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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shove

  1. tv.
    to pass counterfeit money. (Underworld.) : She got sent up for three years for shoving funny-money.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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.

boon  (n.)
c.1175, from O.N. bon "a petition, prayer," from P.Gmc. *boniz (cf. O.E. ben "prayer, petition," bannan "to summon;" see ban). The adj. meaning "jolly" (in boon companion) is first recorded c.1325, from unrelated O.Fr. bon "good" (see bon).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

shove

see push comes to shove; push (shove) off; ram (shove) down someone's throat; stick (shove) it.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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