shoehorn

²shoehorn

verb

Definition of SHOEHORN

transitive verb

1

: to force to be included or admitted <shoehorned irrelevant arguments into his essay>

2

: to force or compress into an insufficient space or period of time : squeeze <shoehorn the past, present, and future into about 500 pages — Otis Port>

Examples of SHOEHORN

1. A parking garage has been shoehorned between the buildings.
2. She's trying to shoehorn a year's worth of classes into a single semester.
3. I don't know how they managed to shoehorn everyone into that little room.

First Known Use of SHOEHORN

1859

Related to SHOEHORN

Synonyms: cram, crush, jam, ram, sandwich, crowd, squeeze, stuff, wedge

Related Words: fill, heap, jam-pack, load, pack

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