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Word entry · 5 letters

shove

Best crossword clue

"Push roughly"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ʃʌv/Part of speech noun, verbSorted ehosvStarts with SEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)

Word origin

From Middle English schouven, from Old English sċūfan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuban, from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-.

Used in a sentence

  • So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all
  • The ship was anon shoven in the sea.
  • He grasped the oar, received his guests on board, and shoved from shore.

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