| Shove 1. (v. t.) To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor. 2. (v. t.) To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle. 3. (v. i.) To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling. 4. (v. i.) To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off. 5. (n.) The act of shoving; a forcible push. 6. (p. p) of Shove. Thesaurus Entries actuate, advance, assault, bear, bear upon, bearing, black-market, black-marketeer, boost, bootleg, bowl, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunt, butt, butt against, cram, crowd, dig, drive, driving force, elbow, fence, force, forward, goad, head, hurtle, hustle, impel, impulsion, jab, jam, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, mobilize, moonshine, motivate, motive power, move, nudge, pedal, peddle, pile drive, poke, pole, press, pressure, prod, propel, propelling, propelment, propulsion, pulsion, punch, push, pushing, ram, ram down, rattle, roll, row, run, run against, set in motion, shake, shoulder, shoving, shunt, stress, sweep, sweep along, tamp, thrust, treadle, troll, trundle |