shoveverb
uk/ʃʌv/us/ʃʌv/shove verb (PUSH)
[ I or T ] to push someone or something forcefully:
She was jostled and shoved by an angry crowd as she left the court.
Just wait your turn - there's no need to shove.
Reporters pushed and shoved as they tried to get close to the princess.
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Pushing and shoving
- barge
- bring
- bring sb down
- bundle
- dig
- force
- frogmarch
- heave
- jostle
- nudge
- propel
- push
- push off
- push sb/sth over
- ram
- repel
- scrum
- stab
- upend
- wheel
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shove verb (PUT)
[ T + adv/prep ] informal to put something somewhere in a hurried or careless way:
I'll just shove this laundry in the washer before we go out.
"Where should I put this suitcase?" "Shove it down there for the moment."
They can't just shove motorways anywhere they like, you know.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- bung
- change sth around
- clap
- consign
- consign sb/sth to sth
- fit
- manoeuvre
- perch
- pop
- position
- sandwich sb/sth between sb/sth
- sandwich sth together
- set sb down
- shelve
- situate
- stand
- stuff
- whack
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shove verb (MOVE BODY)
[ I + adv/prep ] UK informal to move your body to make space for someone else:
Shove over/along, Lena, and make some room for me.
Why don't you shove up so that Fatima can sit next to you?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
General words for movement
- betake
- budge
- budge up
- circulate
- come
- gangway!
- go around
- head
- locomotion
- manoeuvre
- mill around
- mobility
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- move
- round
- steer
- stir
- sway
- travel
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Idiom(s)
shove it
Phrasal verb(s)
shove sb around
shove off!
shove off
shovenoun [ C ]
uk/ʃʌv/us/ʃʌv/the action of shoving someone or something:
Would you help me give the piano a shove?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Pushing and shoving
- barge
- bring
- bring sb down
- bundle
- dig
- force
- frogmarch
- heave
- jostle
- nudge
- propel
- push
- push off
- push sb/sth over
- ram
- repel
- scrum
- stab
- upend
- wheel
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