shove /ˈʃʌv/
(v.)推,推開,推動,推進,推擠,亂塞
Shove n. The act of shoving; a forcible push.
I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove. --Swift.
Syn: -- See Thrust.
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 v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shoved p. pr. & vb. n. Shoving.]
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, obs. p. p. of Shove.
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shove
n : the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something);
"he gave the door a shove"
v 1: come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers
jostled each other in the overcrowded train" [syn: jostle]
2: push roughly; "the people pushed and shoved to get in line"
3: press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust
the letter into his hand" [syn: thrust, stuff, squeeze]