What does "shove" mean?
Shove: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.
- 3.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,shoved from shore. Garth.
- 4.The act of shoving; a forcible push. I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove. Swift.
- 5.p. p. of Shove. Chaucer.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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