shove.html - {v.} 1. To push a boat away from the shore. * /Before Tom could reach the boat, Jake had shoved off./ 2. {slang} To start; leave. * /We were ready to push off at ten o'clock, but had to wait for Jill./ * /Jim was planning to stay at the beach all day, but when the crowds arrived he shoved off./

shove.html - {v.} 1. To push a boat away from the shore. * /Before Tom could reach the boat, Jake had shoved off./ 2. {slang} To start; leave. * /We were ready to push off at ten o'clock, but had to wait for Jill./ * /Jim was planning to stay at the beach all day, but when the crowds arrived he shoved off./

shove.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 tr. (also absol.) push vigorously; move by hard or rough pushing (shoved him out of the way).
2 intr. (usu. foll. by along, past, through, etc.) make one's way by pushing (shoved through the crowd).
3 tr. colloq. put somewhere (shoved it in the drawer).

--n.

an act of shoving or of prompting a person into action.

shove-halfpenny a form of shovelboard played with coins etc. on a table esp. in licensed premises. shove off 1 start from the shore in a boat.
2 sl. depart; go away (told him to shove off). [OE scufan f. Gmc]

shove.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a a spadelike tool for shifting quantities of coal, earth, etc., esp. having the sides curved upwards. b the amount contained in a shovel; a shovelful.
2 a machine or part of a machine having a similar form or function.

--v.

tr. (shovelled, shovelling; US shoveled, shoveling)
1 shift or clear (coal etc.) with or as if with a shovel.
2 colloq. move (esp. food) in large quantities or roughly (shovelled peas into his mouth).

shovel hat a broad-brimmed hat esp. worn by some clergymen.

shovelful n. (pl. -fuls). [OE scofl f. Gmc (see SHOVE )]

shove.html - n.
a game played esp. on a ship's deck by pushing discs with the hand or with a long-handled shovel over a marked surface. [earlier shoveboard f. SHOVE + BOARD]

shove.html - n.
a shark, Sphyrna tiburo, like the hammerhead but smaller. Also called BONNETHEAD.