meaning of shovels
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.
3. To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.
4. To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off.
5. The act of shoving; a forcible push.
6. p. p. of Shove.
7. the act of shoving giving a push to someone or something; "he gave the door a
">shove"
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