shove

shove
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noun
ADJECTIVE
friendly, gentle, light, little, playful
good, hard, hefty (BrE), mighty, powerful, violent
VERB + SHOVE
give sb/sth

Harry gave him a hefty shove and he fell down.

PREPOSITION
with a shove

She sent him off with a little shove.

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verb
ADVERB
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.

Shove is used with these nouns as the object: ↑finger, ↑fist, ↑way

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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  • shove — ► VERB 1) push roughly. 2) put somewhere carelessly or roughly. ► NOUN ▪ a strong push. ● shove off Cf. ↑shove off ● shove up Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

  • shove it — US informal + impolite used to say that you will not accept or do something They can take their suggestion and shove it. • • • Main Entry: ↑shove * * * ˈshove it idiom (informal, especially NAmE …   Useful english dictionary

  • Shove — Shove, n. The act of shoving; a forcible push. [1913 Webster] I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove. Swift. [1913 Webster] Syn: See {Thrust}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shove — Shove, obs. p. p. of {Shove}. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shove — O.E. scufan push away (class II strong verb; past tense sceaf, pp. scoven), from P.Gmc. *skeub , *skub (Cf. O.N. skufa, O.Fris. skuva, Du. schuiven, O.H.G. scioban, Ger. schieben to push, thrust, Goth. af skiuban) to put away, from PIE root …   Etymology dictionary

  • shove — [shuv] vt., vi. shoved, shoving [ME shoven < OE scufan, akin to ON skufa, Ger schieben < IE base * skeubh , to throw, shove > SCOFF1] 1. to push or thrust, as along a surface 2. to push roughly or hastily n. the act or an instance of… …   English World dictionary

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