shove

Meanings

• Verb

  Push or thrust with the body or an object.

  - "He shoved the table towards the wall."
  - "She shoved the envelope under the door."

• Verb

  Force someone or something to move.

  - "The crowd surged forward, shoving past us."
  - "He shoved the children on the swings."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with shove
glove , dove , above

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Variants

List of all variants of shove that leads to same result
shove , shoved , shover , shovers , shoves , shoving , shove it , shove off , shoved off , shoves off , shoving off , shove over , shoved over , shoves over , shoving over , shove up , shoved up , shoves up , shoving up , push , push comes to shove , pushes , force down someone's throat , force something down someone's throat , force/ram/shove (something) down someone's throat , ram down someone's throat , ram something down someone's throat , shove down someone's throat , shove something down someone's throat

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Etymology

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Old English scofian, from scof, a push.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'shove' is also used in the context of sailing to refer to the act of pushing a sailboat off from the dock.

2. In rugby, a 'shove' is a legal scrum move where a player pushes another player in the chest to gain ground.

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Related Concepts

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1. push: Related concept: 'push' is a synonym of 'shove' and refers to the act of applying force to move an object or person.

2. thrust: Related concept: 'thrust' is a synonym of 'shove' and refers to a forceful push or jab.

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Culture

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In literature, the term 'shove' is often used metaphorically to describe a sudden or forceful action. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the character Tom Buchanan shoves Gatsby, leading to a confrontation.

How to Memorize "shove"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize someone or something pushing or thrusting with force.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'shove' with the idea of forcefully moving something or someone.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the 'S' in 'shove' stands for 'Sudden' or 'Sudden Movement'.

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