- shove
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ friendly, gentle, light, little, playful▪ good, hard, hefty (BrE), mighty, powerful, violentVERB + SHOVE▪ give sb/sth▪
Harry gave him a hefty shove and he fell down.
PREPOSITION▪ with a shove▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}She sent him off with a little shove.
verbADVERB▪ forcefully, hard, roughly▪I shoved hard until the door opened.
▪ gently, playfully▪ practically▪ aside, away, back▪He shoved me roughly aside.
▪ open▪She shoved open the door.
PREPOSITION▪ down, in▪She shoved the letter in a drawer.
▪ into, out of, through▪A leaflet was shoved through my letter box. (BrE)
▪A leaflet was shoved through my mail slot. (AmE)
▪ to▪He was shoved to the ground.
PHRASES▪ push and shove▪The crowd was pushing and shoving to get a better view.
▪ shove your hands in your pockets, shove your hands into your pockets▪ shove sb out of the way▪ shove your way past sb/sth, shove your way through sth▪We shoved our way through the crowd.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.