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Added 9 October 2026

shove

/ʃʌv/ verb

In Latin: trūdō Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about shove at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To push, especially roughly or with force.
To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
To make an all-in bet.

noun

A rough push.
An all-in bet.
A forward movement of packed river-ice.

verb

simple past of shave

Origin

From Middle English 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”).

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