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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.
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Shoving
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noun
Verb phrase5.
an act or instance of shoving.
6.
Idiomsshove off,
a.
to push a boat from the shore.
b.
Informal. to go away; depart: I think I'll be shoving off now.
7.
shove/stick it, Slang (often vulgar). (used to express contempt or belligerence): I told them to take the job and shove it.
8.
shove/stick/ it up your/one's ass, Slang (vulgar). go to hell: a term of contempt, abuse, disagreement, or the like.
9.
when/if push comes to shove. push (def. 35).
Origin:
before 900; (v.) Middle English schouven, Old English scūfan; cognate with Dutch schuiven, obsolete German schauben, Old Norse skūfa; akin to Gothic -skiuban; (noun) Middle English scou, derivative of the v.
before 900; (v.) Middle English schouven, Old English scūfan; cognate with Dutch schuiven, obsolete German schauben, Old Norse skūfa; akin to Gothic -skiuban; (noun) Middle English scou, derivative of the v.
Related forms
shov·er, noun
un·shoved, adjective
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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.
EXPAND 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.
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