shove
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2.7
- noun
- /ʃʌv/
- With a sudden shove, she pushed the door open and entered the room.
- pushes and shoves
- give him a shove
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Watch on YouTubeAgain, the place was very brutal, you know, a lot of shouting, a lot of physical grabbing, shoving, pushing.
- Again, the place was very brutal, you know, a lot of shouting, a lot of physical grabbing, shoving, pushing.
- And now is the time to give that lifeboat a a mighty shove into the water, like some great liner rolling down the slipways of the Clyde.
- And when push comes to shove, the banks will freeze my assets and seize them.
- What would how far would they go to hang on to power when push came to shove?
- And the answer is, is that when I when push came to shove, I almost lost a whole string of beads and it wasn't that much time invested.
- So when push came to shove, the CFO got the presidency and the CFO said to my dad, bye, bye, and that he was fired.
- They presumably if push comes to shove, it's better to have somebody who's handy with their fists, somebody who's not.
Examples
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Give it a good shove!
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Then Hector gave Brandon a shove that sent him reeling against one of the seats.
Fiction book (1995) -
Give the stage door a shove on your way out.
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I gave you a little shove at the end.
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Give it one big shove.
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I give the wagon a shove and we spin away after him.
Fiction book (1994) -
Give him a shove!
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One last shove.
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"Trying to look annoyed, Moses gave Gabe a hefty shove on the arm.
Fiction book (1995) -
He gave his friend a strong shove to help him up after he tripped.
Synonyms
26
4.2
A strong sudden push often made with a hand or weapon
16
3.0
A quick sharp poke with a finger, hand, or object
1
4.8
A push or bump in a crowd to get past someone
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
1
9.9
A very rude way to tell someone you strongly refuse their idea or order
- Offensive
A rude phrase telling someone you refuse their request and they should go away
Compounds
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun shove comes from the same old English word scūfan meaning 'to push', so a shove is a quick, strong push.