n. The act of shoving; a forcible push. [ 1913 Webster ]

I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Thrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. p. p. of Shove. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shoved p. pr. & vb. n. Shoving. ] [ OE. shoven, AS. scofian, fr. scūfan; akin to OFries. skūva, D. schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. skūfa, sk&ymacr_;fa, Sw. skuffa, Dan. skuffe, Goth. afskiuban to put away, cast away; cf. Skr. kshubh to become agitated, to quake, Lith. skubrus quick, skubinti to hasten. √160. Cf. Sheaf a bundle of stalks, Scoop, Scuffle. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle. [ 1913 Webster ]

And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off. [ 1913 Webster ]

He grasped the oar,
eceived his guests on board, and shoved from shore. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The same as Shovelboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. shovele, schovele, AS. scoft, sceoft; akin to D. schoffel, G. schaufel, OHG. sc&unr_;vala, Dan. skovl, Sw. skofvel, skyffel, and to E. shove. √160. See Shove, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shovel hat, a broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, -- worn by some clergy of the English Church. [ Colloq. ] --
Shovelspur (Zool.), a flat, horny process on the tarsus of some toads, -- used in burrowing. --
Steam shovel, a machine with a scoop or scoops, operated by a steam engine, for excavating earth, as in making railway cuttings. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shoveled r Shovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoveling or Shovelling. ] 1. To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To gather up as with a shovel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Shoveler. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The shoveler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]