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shove en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ʃʊv/ (Northern-England)
• /ʃʌv/
• (Southern-England) audio
• shŭv

Etymology

From Middle English schouven, from Old English sċūfan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuban, from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-. See also West Frisian skowe, Low German schuven, Dutch schuiven, German schieben, Danish skubbe, Norwegian Bokmål skyve, Norwegian Nynorsk skuva; also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”).

Meanings

1. A rough push.
   • I rested […] and then gave the boat another shove. 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput):
2. (slang) An all-in bet.
3. A forward movement of packed river-ice.

Forms

Deriveds

ice shove · shove knife · shovey · shove in the mouth · when push comes to shove

Translations (31)

es empujón (rough push) · gl goldroada (rough push) · bg блъскане (rough push) · gl baldón (rough push) · gl empurrón (rough push) · hu lökés (rough push) · sq shtyrë (rough push) · gl avantón (rough push) · de Schubs (rough push) · pt empurrão (rough push) · gl golondrón (rough push) · fr poussée (rough push) · oc empencha (rough push) · es empenta (rough push) · cmn 推搡 (rough push) · fi tönäisy (rough push) · oc butada (rough push) · ro îmbrânceală (rough push) · gl estrocho (rough push) · ru толчо́к (rough push) · cmn 推 (rough push) · bg бутане (rough push) · es empentón (rough push) · pdt Schups (rough push) · gl cutifón (rough push) · fr bourrade (rough push) · fi tuuppaus (rough push) · oc butassada (rough push) · ca empenta (rough push) · oc borrada (rough push) · es empellón (rough push)

shove en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ʃʊv/ (Northern-England)
• /ʃʌv/
• (Southern-England) audio
• shŭv

Etymology

From Middle English schouven, from Old English sċūfan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuban, from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-. See also West Frisian skowe, Low German schuven, Dutch schuiven, German schieben, Danish skubbe, Norwegian Bokmål skyve, Norwegian Nynorsk skuva; also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.
   • The ship was anon shoven in the sea. 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
   • So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
2. (intransitive) To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
   • He grasped the oar, received his guests on board, and shoved from shore. 1699, Samuel Garth, The Dispensary:
3. (qualifier:by ellipsis) To make an all-in bet.
4. (slang) To pass (counterfeit money).
5. To put hurriedly

Forms

Deriveds

shove around · shove ha'penny · shover · shovegroat · outshove · duckshove · tell someone where to shove it · unshoved · shove it · shovel · shoveable · shove the queer · shove off · shuffleboard · shove-it · shove something down someone's throat · shovable · shove down · shove on · shoveboard · push and shove · shove over · shove it up your ass · shove up · shove about

Relateds

shovel

Translations (71)

hu lök (push roughly) · oc empénher (push roughly) · mi ue (push roughly) · kmr dehf dan (push roughly) · nds-de schuven (push roughly) · oc butassar (push roughly) · cmn 推 (push roughly) · ja 押し込む (push roughly) · it spintonare (push roughly) · ca espitjar (push roughly) · izh tuppia (push roughly) · pt empurrar (push roughly) · bg бутам (push roughly) · ja 押す (push roughly) · fr pousser (push roughly) · fi tyrkätä (push roughly) · de schieben (push roughly) · fi töniä (push roughly) · fi tönäistä (push roughly) · eo ŝovi (push roughly) · de schubsen (push roughly) · nn støyta (push roughly) · gl cotifar (push roughly) · ru пиха́ть (push roughly) · fi tuupata (push roughly) · bcl tuklang (push roughly) · lt brukti (push roughly) · es cernear (push roughly) · izh tööntää (push roughly) · ang scūfan (push roughly) · mi tōkiri (push roughly) · es empellar (push roughly) · az soxmaq (push roughly) · es empentar (push roughly) · es empujar (push roughly) · oc empénger (push roughly) · la trūdō (push roughly) · ru засо́вывать (push roughly) · ro îmbrânci (push roughly) · kmr pal dan (push roughly) · ca empentejar (push roughly) · lt pastumti (push roughly) · nn skubba (push roughly) · es empeller (push roughly) · cmn 推搡 (push roughly) · grc ὠθέω (push roughly) · oc butar (push roughly) · fr fourrer (push roughly) · ru засу́нуть (push roughly) · hu taszít (push roughly) · izh törkätä (push roughly) · az dürtmək (push roughly) · ro împinge (push roughly) · de drängen (push roughly) · ca empènyer (push roughly) · nl schuiven (push roughly) · pl popchnąć (push roughly) · ru толка́ть (push roughly) · ru пихну́ть (push roughly) · ca empentar (push roughly) · mi tute (push roughly) · ota صوقمق (push roughly) · fi tyrkkiä (push roughly) · hu tol (push roughly) · gl empurrar (push roughly) · sq rras (push roughly) · bg блъскам (push roughly) · da skubbe (push roughly) · fr bousculer (push roughly) · ru сова́ть (push roughly) · ru толкну́ть (push roughly)

shove en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ʃəʊv/

Meanings

1. (form-of, obsolete, past) simple past of shave
   form of shave

Deriveds

shool