shove

English

/ʃʌv/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.
  • (intransitive) To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
  • (poker) To make an all all-in bet.
  • (slang) To pass (counterfeit money).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English schoven (shove, push) inherited from Old English scūfan inherited from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (shove, drive, push) derived from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ- (push).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*skewbʰ-

Gloss

push

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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