shove

verb
UK: /ʃʌv/
US: /ʃʌv/

  1. To push someone or something with force.

    1. I had to shove the door to close it. [ ] [ ]
    2. The crowd began to shove, and I almost fell down because of shove. [ ] [ ]

  2. To move forward by pushing your way through a crowd.

    1. I had to shove to get to the front. [ ] [ ]
    2. He had to shove his way through the dense crowd to reach the stage. [ ] [ ]

Synonyms

push thrust bump jostle
shove noun

  1. A forceful push.

    1. Give the door a shove. [ ] [ ]
    2. With a shove, he moved the heavy box aside. [ ] [ ]

  2. An act of pushing one's way through a crowd.

    1. It was a shove to get to the stage. [ ] [ ]
    2. The concert entrance was a real shove, with everyone trying to get inside. [ ] [ ]
shove idiom

  1. The act of blaming someone else for one's own mistakes or issues.

    1. He tried to shove all the blame to me [ ] [ ]
    2. The manager attempted to shove the responsibility for the error onto the intern. [ ] [ ]

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "shove" in English means: To push someone or something with force., To move forward by pushing your way through a crowd..

The phonetic transcription of "shove" is /ʃʌv/ in British English and /ʃʌv/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "shove": push, thrust, bump, jostle.

Example usage of "shove": "I had to shove the door to close it.". More examples on the page.