shove

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.
2. (intransitive) To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
3. To make an all-in bet.
4. (slang) To pass (counterfeit money).
5. To put hurriedly

Noun

1. A rough push.
2. (slang) An all-in bet.
3. A forward movement of packed river-ice.

Synonyms

push

thrust

poke

jostle

stick

nudge

jab

propel

stick in

stuff

bump

drive

shoulder

cram in

force

stuff in

push in

hustle

thrust in

squeeze

hit

move

butt

slide

ram

🐏

jerk

dig

press

knock

jog

prod

gibe

till

spade

jolt

boost

elbow

put in

shift

push forward

pushing

impel

charge

put

push out

shoot

hold

obtrude

carry

push aside

Translations

empujar

empurrar

schieben

pousser

schuiven

fourrer

duwen

empènyer

spinta

Schubs

ficcare

schubsen

Stoß

bousculer

spintonare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃʌv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: schoven

Inherited from Old English: sċūfan

Cognate with Western Frisian: skowe

Cognate with Low German: schuven

Cognate with Dutch: schuiven

Cognate with German: schieben

Cognate with Danish: skubbe

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: skyve

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: skuva

Cognate with Lithuanian: skùbti

In summary

From Middle English schoven, shoven, schouven, from Old English sċūfan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuban, from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-.
See also West Frisian skowe, Low German schuven, Dutch schuiven, German schieben, Danish skubbe, Norwegian Bokmål skyve, Norwegian Nynorsk skuva; also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”).