shove

UK /ʃʌv/ US /ʃʌv/
verb 5noun 3

Definitions

verb

1

To push, especially roughly or with force.

So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all

The ship was anon shoven in the sea.

2

To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.

He grasped the oar, received his guests on board, and shoved from shore.

3

To make an all-in bet.

4

To pass (counterfeit money).

5

To put hurriedly

noun

1

A rough push.

I rested […] and then gave the boat another shove.

2

An all-in bet.

3

A forward movement of packed river-ice.

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