Thesaurus results for SHOVING

shoving

verb

present participle of shove

as in pushing

to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one I had to keep shoving my heavy suitcase as I slowly made my way to the head of the line

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as in pressing

to push steadily against with some force quit shoving your hand in my face

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Recent Examples of shoving Paredes was quickly on the scene, grabbing Garcia briefly by the throat and shoving him to the floor. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026 Among them was Argentina’s Leandro Paredes appearing to grab Spain’s Eric García by the throat before others started shoving and tripping each other to the turf. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026 Unlike trends that involve shoving one pastry into another, salt bread’s virality is rooted in simplicity, capturing attention with little other than butter and a bit of salt. — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 19 July 2026 What impressed me was that without stanchions to direct the crowd, fans wove back and forth across the field, creating an orderly line without shoving or cutting. — Meredith Nierman, NPR, 17 July 2026 There, on the first page, a picture of Cronus shoving a baby into his mouth. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026 Some light shoving after the final whistle from some England players toward Argentina players, who are gleefully celebrating. — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026 Before the parade, a small group of people were crushed against a barrier near Fulton Street, a key subway hub, pinned between a swelling crowd and a group of police officers shoving the barrier. — Anthony Izaguirre, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026 The attacker wanted for shoving a 63-year-old MTA commuter onto the tracks at a Queens subway stop has been arrested, police said Friday. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoving

Verb

The former youth pastor suspected of pushing his wife off a Utah cliff died by suicide in a very unusual way, said the sheriff who oversees Las Vegas’ jails.

— Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
As a car speeds up, the air resistance pushing against it increases and forces the engine to work harder, using more fuel to achieve the same speed.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 July 2026

Definition of pushing

Verb

Hold the skin taut, position the epilator at a 90-degree angle, and move it slowly against the direction of hair growth without pressing too hard.

— Iman Balagam, Vogue, 17 July 2026
Increasingly immobilized by zero-sum politics, the federal government remains powerful in theory but is losing much of its capacity to solve many of the nation’s most pressing problems.

— John Eger, Mercury News, 17 July 2026

Definition of pressing

Verb

When force is applied, the pillar tilts toward the point of contact, compressing the corresponding chamber and pushing fluid through soft tubes to actuators.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
And that’s on top of allegedly deleting or compressing billions of logs that should have been preserved.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026