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[ shoo-hawrn ] / ˈʃuˌhɔrn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR shoehorn ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna shaped piece of horn, metal, or the like, inserted in the heel of a shoe to make it slip on more easily. verb (used with object)to force into a limited or tight space: Can you shoehorn four of us into the back seat of your car? Origin of shoehornFirst recorded in 1580–90; shoe + horn Words nearby shoehornshoebill, shoeblack, shoe boil, shoebox, shoebrush, shoehorn, shoelace, shoe leather, shoemaker, Shoemaker-Levy 9, shoepac Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shoehornEven adults like to shoehorn their bottoms into a malleable rubber swing and take a ride down memory lane. When An Adopted Child Won’t Attach|Tina Traster|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST It might difficult, however, to shoehorn Mourdock into the role of Tea Party wacko. Richard Lugar Loses GOP Indiana Senate Primary by Landslide|Lloyd Grove|May 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST She is likely to shoehorn her pain into lugubrious scenarios that are perfect for country-music videos. Battle of the Blondes|Bryan Curtis|January 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST He cant find a shoehorn with which to get into his breeches. Conscript 2989|Irving Crump
He had a shaven cranium, and his tight scalp might have been slipped over the bony bosses of his head with a shoehorn. Do you know that some mornings he has to get his hat on with a shoehorn. Even if he had any flavor and wasn't tougher'n a shoehorn, he's too much for us to eat. The Black Fawn|James Arthur Kjelgaard He certainly has arrived at what a witty American friend of mine would call the "Shoehorn stage." The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920|Various
British Dictionary definitions for shoehorn
nouna smooth curved implement of horn, metal, plastic, etc, inserted at the heel of a shoe to ease the foot into it verb(tr) to cram (people or things) into a very small space Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to shoehornfill in, introduce, stick, enter, implant, include, embed, inject, imbed, intrude, set, interlope, interpose, interpolate, infuse, admit, insinuate, place, interject, obtrude |