Shove
Shove (shuv) , transitive verb
[Old English shoven, Anglo-Saxon scofian, from scūfan; akin to OFries. skūva, Dutch schuiven, German schieben, Old High German scioban, Icelandic skūfa, skȳfa, Swedish skuffa, Danish skuffe, Gothic afskiuban to put away, cast away; compare Sanskrit kshubh to become agitated, to quake, Lithuanian skubrus quick, skubinti to hasten. r160. Compare 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.
2.
To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle.
And shove away the worthy bidden guest.
He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants.
Shove , intransitive verb
1.
To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.
2.
To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off.
He grasped the oar,
eceived his guests on board, and shoved from shore.
Shove , noun
The act of shoving; a forcible push.
I rested... and then gave the boat another shove.
Shove , past participle