shove

shove
1 verb
1 (I, T) to push someone or something, in a rough or careless way, using your hands or shoulders: shove sb aside/into etc: Secret Service men shoved people aside to make way for the President. | shove sb/sth: Stop shoving me or I'll tell the teacher! | pushing and shoving (=pushing with your body, especially in a crowd): There was no trouble at the rally apart from a little pushing and shoving.
2 (transitive always + adv/prep) to put something somewhere carelessly or without thinking much: shove sth into/under etc: Let's shove everything into the closet just for now.
3 shove up/over spoken, especially BrE to move along on a seat to make space for someone else: Shove up mate, there's no room to sit down here.
—see also: when push comes to shove push 2 (7) shove off phrasal verb (I)
1 spoken used to tell someone rudely or angrily to go away: Shove off! I'm busy.
2 to push a boat away from the land, usually with a pole
2 noun (C) a strong push: give sth a shove: We gave the door one good shove and it came open.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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