Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive verb
To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle.
- 3intransitive verb
To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.
- 4intransitive 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.
- 5noun
The act of shoving; a forcible push.
- 6
p. p. of Shove.
- 7noun
the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)
"he gave the door a shove"
- 8verb
push roughly
"the people pushed and shoved to get in line"
- 9verb
come into rough contact with while moving
"The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"
Synonyms
- 10verb
press or force
"Stuff money into an envelope"
"She thrust the letter into his hand"
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