\Shove\ (sh[u^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shoved}
(sh[u^]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shoving}.] [OE. shoven, AS.
scofian, fr. sc[=u]fan; akin to OFries. sk[=u]va, D.
schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. sk[=u]fa,
sk[=y]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. [root]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.
2. To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude
   manner; to jostle.
         And shove away the worthy bidden guest. --Milton.
         He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants.
                                               --Arbuthnot.

\Shove\, v. i.
1. To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or
   jostling.
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.
         He grasped the oar, eceived his guests on board, and
         shoved from shore.                    --Garth.

\Shove\, n.
The act of shoving; a forcible push.
      I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove.
                                               --Swift.
Syn: See {Thrust}.

\Shove\, obs.
p. p. of {Shove}. --Chaucer.