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Idioms about shove
Origin of shove
1First recorded before 900; Middle English verb shouven, shuven, Old English scūfan, scēofan; cognate with Dutch schuiven, obsolete German schauben, Old Norse skūfa; akin to Gothic -skiuban; noun derivative of the verb
OTHER WORDS FROM shove
shover, nounun·shoved, adjectiveWords nearby shove
Other definitions for shove (2 of 2)
Origin of shove
2First recorded in 1680–90; apparently variant of shive2
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How to use shove in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for shove
shove
/ (ʃʌv) /
verb
to give a thrust or push to (a person or thing)
(tr) to give a violent push to; jostle
(intr) to push one's way roughly
(tr) informal to put (something) somewhere, esp hurriedly or carelesslyshove it in the bin
noun
the act or an instance of shoving
See also shove off
Derived forms of shove
shover, nounWord Origin for shove
Old English scūfan; related to Old Norse skūfa to push, Gothic afskiuban to push away, Old High German skioban to shove
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Other Idioms and Phrases with shove
shove
see push comes to shove; push (shove) off; ram (shove) down someone's throat; stick (shove) it.
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