Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: shove
IPA transcription: [ʃ'ʌv]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: shove
    Meaning: the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something); "he gave the door a shove"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: jostle, shove
    Meaning: come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"
  • Synonyms: shove
    Meaning: push roughly; "the people pushed and shoved to get in line"
Usage examples
  • "Shove in a book quickly.
  • "No--here, shove a tie off.
  • Getting ready to shove Jaikark off the throne, I'd say."
  • Can you take hold of Marie Antoinette by the shoulders, shove her into the bottom of a cart and pile sacks of potatoes on the top of her?
  • "Shall we go?" asked Queen Ann, uncertainly; but just then she received a shove that almost pitched her forward on her head; so she decided to go.
  • All I would say is, that I can go abroad without your family coming forward to favour me,--in short, with a parting Shove of their cold shoulders; and that, upon the whole, I would rather leave England with such impetus as I possess, than derive any acceleration of it from that quarter.