shove

shove is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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. transitive verb. To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle.
3. intransitive verb. To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.
4. intransitive verb. To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off.
5. noun. The act of shoving; a forcible push.
6. p. p. of Shove.
7. noun. the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)

   "he gave the door a shove"

8. verb. push roughly

   "the people pushed and shoved to get in line"

9. verb. come into rough contact with while moving

   "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"

   Synonyms: jostle

10. verb. press or force

    "Stuff money into an envelope"

    "She thrust the letter into his hand"

    Synonyms: squeeze, stuff, thrust

Synonyms

jostle, squeeze, stuff, thrust

Common word forms

shoved, shover, shoves, shoving

Words from these letters

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