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.
v. t.
To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle.
v. i.
To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.
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.
n.
The act of shoving; a forcible push.
n.
The same as Shovelboard.
v. t.
An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Shovel
v. t.
To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit.
v. t.
To gather up as with a shovel.
n.
A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny.
n.
A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; -- called also shuffleboard.
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