Shove

SHOVE, v.t.
1. To push; to propel; to drive along by the direct application of strength without impulse; particularly, to push a body by sliding or causing it to move along the surface of another body, either by the hand or by an instrument; as, the shove a bottle along a table; to shove a table along the floor; to shove a boat along the water.
And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Milton.
Shoving back this earth on which I sit. Dryden.
2. To push; to press against.
He used to shove an elbow his fellow servants to get near his mistress
Arbuthnot.
To shove away, to push to a distance; to thrust off.
To shove by, to push away; to delay, or to reject; as, to shove by the hearing of a cause; or to shove by justice. [Not elegant.]
To shove off, to thrust or push away.
To shove down, to overthrow by pushing.
SHOVE, v.i.
1. To push or drive forward; to urge a course.
2. To push off; to move in a boat or with a pole; as, he shoved from shore.
To shove off, to move from shore by pushing with poles or oars.
SHOVE, n. The act of pushing or pressing against by strength, without a sudden impulse.

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