shoving

2 definitions found

shoving - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Shove \Shove\ (sh[u^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shoved
     (sh[u^]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Shoving.] [OE. shoven, AS.
     scofian, fr. sc[=u]fan; akin to OFries. sk[=u]va, D.
     schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. sk[=u]fa,
     sk[=y]fa, Sw. skuffa, Dan. skuffe, Goth. afskiuban to put
     away, cast away; cf. Skr. kshubh to become agitated, to
     quake, Lith. skubrus quick, skubinti to hasten. [root]160.
     Cf. Sheaf a bundle of stalks, Scoop, Scuffle.]
     1. To drive along by the direct and continuous application of
        strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to
        make it move along the surface of another body; as, to
        shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the
        floor.
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     2. To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude
        manner; to jostle.
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              And shove away the worthy bidden guest. --Milton.
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              He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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shoving - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "shoving":
     bunt, butt, drive, driving, driving force, impulsion, motive,
     motive power, propellant, propelling, propelment, propulsion,
     propulsive, propulsory, pulsion, pulsive, push, pushing, shove,
     shunt, thrust