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shove

/ʃʌv/noun, verb1 syllable

Shove means: press or force.

Synonyms for shove4

verb, as in press or force

verb, as in come into rough contact with while moving

jostle

What does shove mean?4

verb

1

press or force“Stuff money into an envelope”

2

come into rough contact with while moving“The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train”

3

push roughly“the people pushed and shoved to get in line”

noun

1

the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)“he gave the door a shove”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with shove?6

one syllable

two syllables

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Shove in a sentence

  • Ziri was shoving the door, trying to get out.Amastan
  • I think it's time for me to shove off.CK
  • She laughed and gave me a playful shove.marcelostockle
  • The granny gave me a shove and dashed to the door.astynk
  • We shove the table in front of it.Tom9358
  • I think that it's time for me to shove off.CK
  • Those lazy assholes should shove their validation up their asses and never bother you.Amastan
  • You could take your attitude and shove it up your ass.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of shove

as a noun

plural
shoves

as a verb

past tense
shoved
present participle
shoving
third-person singular
shoves
past participle
shoved