shove

verb

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\ ˈshəv

shoved; shoving

Definition of shove

(Entry 1 of 2)

transitive verb

1 : to push along

2 : to push or put in a rough, careless, or hasty manner : thrust

3 : to force by other than physical means : compel shove a bill through the legislature

intransitive verb

1 : to move by forcing a way bargain hunters shoving up to the counter

2a : to move something by exerting force

b : leave —usually used with offshoved off for home

shove

noun

Definition of shove (Entry 2 of 2)

: an act or instance of shoving : a forcible push

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Examples of shove in a Sentence

Verb He shoved the door until it finally opened. A large man shoved me out of the way. She shoved her plate aside. He shoved me into the pool. A group of security guards shoved through the crowd. The children were pushing and shoving to see the clowns. Noun He gave the door a shove, and it opened.

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb The video shows Lopez shove a person on his left and then pull the weapon from the man, who was wearing a black tactical vest. — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, "WATCH: Video shows Louisville protest shooter taking gun from man, police say," 29 June 2020 Maybe rent a small camper, shove the dogs inside and find a remote spot in the mountains or near the water, where the cell coverage is nonexistent but the scenery breathtaking? — Washington Post, "A never-Trumper tried to drag Domino’s over an 8-year-old tweet. The pizza giant was just saying thanks.," 26 June 2020 Fort Lauderdale police have identified Steven Poherence as the officer seen on video appearing to shove a female protester who was kneeling on the ground as tensions rose Sunday night downtown. — Ashley Fantz, CNN, "Want to reform the police? Hire more women," 23 June 2020 Another player decides to shove, pushing all his chips to the center. — Maria Konnikova, The Atlantic, "How I Became a Poker Champion in One Year," 23 June 2020 The two officers appeared to shove him to the ground, resulting in Gugino falling on his back and lay motionless with a pool of blood underneath his head. — Fox News, "Buffalo activist shoved to ground by police is unable to walk, lawyer says," 17 June 2020 The original plan was to shove in a V-10 from Ralf Schumacher's Williams-BMW Formula 1 car. — Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, "2001 BMW X5 Le Mans Concept Had the V-12 Heart of a McLaren F1," 16 June 2020 For the hospitals to shove me into a corner and neglect me . . . — Anchorage Daily News, "These people have been sick with coronavirus for more than 60 days," 11 June 2020 Kirk was in no way trying to shove Fitzgerald out the door. — Bob Mcmanaman, azcentral, "Cardinals' addition of DeAndre Hopkins will only help Christian Kirk's ascension at receiver," 10 June 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun But Scott is 24 and his youthful indifference is starting to turn into a full-fledged character flaw, which is why Margie gives him a push and then a shove out of her house to get his act together. — Lindsey Bahr, Detroit Free Press, "Pete Davidson steps up in ‘King of Staten Island’," 12 June 2020 The shove was not mentioned in an initial statement saying that Gugino fell. — Ryan J. Foley, Anchorage Daily News, "Video evidence increasingly disproves police narratives," 9 June 2020 News reports on Tuesday stated that Gugino remains in hospital following a shove by two police officers that led him to fall and bleed from his head and ears. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, "GoFundMe donations for elderly Buffalo man injured by police soar after baseless Trump tweet," 9 June 2020 The Fox-body models, particularly the minimalist LX trims, aged well and still deliver an entertaining shove in the back. — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, "What Used Car to Buy: 1979–93 Ford Mustang 5.0," 6 June 2020 But one of his colleagues, a black woman on the force, is receiving praise for appearing to reprimand him after the shove. — Scottie Andrew, CNN, "A Florida police officer pushed a kneeling protester to the ground. Then his black colleague stepped in," 3 June 2020 Artest delivers a hard foul on Ben Wallace, who retaliates with a shove that sends Artest all the way to media row. — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, "The most stunning Michigan sports endings this century from all corners," 1 June 2020 With no one around to give it a shove, scientists had to improvise. — Nusmila Lohani, The Christian Science Monitor, "Points of Progress: Reparations for Guam islanders, and more," 27 Mar. 2020 Ireland used the man advantage to work flanker Rhys Ruddock over Anton Sychev with a helpful shove from prop John Ryan. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Ireland rebound from Japan loss by beating Russia only 35-0," 3 Oct. 2019

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