shoving

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shoving

  • /ˈʃʌvɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ʌvɪŋ

Where it comes from

From Middle English schovynge; equivalent to shove + -ing.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of shove

noun shovings

  1. The act of one who shoves. We were soon separated by the pushings and shovings of the crowd.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: jostle, squeeze, thrust, stuff, pushing, screaming, yelling, push, thrusting, trusion, ram-jam, scrum, grabbing, manhandling, thrustor, stimulation

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@misc{shoving_2026,
  title = {shoving},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shoving},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}