CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DUCK-SHOVE
PRESENT
Present
I duck-shove
you duck-shove
he/she/it duck-shoves
we duck-shove
you duck-shove
they duck-shove
Present continuous
I am duck-shoving
you are duck-shoving
he/she/it is duck-shoving
we are duck-shoving
you are duck-shoving
they are duck-shoving
Present perfect
I have duck-shoved
you have duck-shoved
he/she/it has duck-shoved
we have duck-shoved
you have duck-shoved
they have duck-shoved
Present perfect continuous
I have been duck-shoving
you have been duck-shoving
he/she/it has been duck-shoving
we have been duck-shoving
you have been duck-shoving
they have been duck-shoving
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I duck-shoved
you duck-shoved
he/she/it duck-shoved
we duck-shoved
you duck-shoved
they duck-shoved
Past continuous
I was duck-shoving
you were duck-shoving
he/she/it was duck-shoving
we were duck-shoving
you were duck-shoving
they were duck-shoving
Past perfect
I had duck-shoved
you had duck-shoved
he/she/it had duck-shoved
we had duck-shoved
you had duck-shoved
they had duck-shoved
Past perfect continuous
I had been duck-shoving
you had been duck-shoving
he/she/it had been duck-shoving
we had been duck-shoving
you had been duck-shoving
they had been duck-shoving
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will duck-shove
you will duck-shove
he/she/it will duck-shove
we will duck-shove
you will duck-shove
they will duck-shove
Future continuous
I will be duck-shoving
you will be duck-shoving
he/she/it will be duck-shoving
we will be duck-shoving
you will be duck-shoving
they will be duck-shoving
Future perfect
I will have duck-shoved
you will have duck-shoved
he/she/it will have duck-shoved
we will have duck-shoved
you will have duck-shoved
they will have duck-shoved
Future perfect continuous
I will have been duck-shoving
you will have been duck-shoving
he/she/it will have been duck-shoving
we will have been duck-shoving
you will have been duck-shoving
they will have been duck-shoving
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would duck-shove
you would duck-shove
he/she/it would duck-shove
we would duck-shove
you would duck-shove
they would duck-shove
Conditional continuous
I would be duck-shoving
you would be duck-shoving
he/she/it would be duck-shoving
we would be duck-shoving
you would be duck-shoving
they would be duck-shoving
Conditional perfect
I would have duck-shove
you would have duck-shove
he/she/it would have duck-shove
we would have duck-shove
you would have duck-shove
they would have duck-shove
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been duck-shoving
you would have been duck-shoving
he/she/it would have been duck-shoving
we would have been duck-shoving
you would have been duck-shoving
they would have been duck-shoving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you duck-shove
we let´s duck-shove
you duck-shove
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
duck-shoved
Present Participle
duck-shoving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUCK-SHOVE»
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duck-shove in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD This sniping and duck shoving between county
councils and the Electricity Commission should also cease (1982). Hence duck-
shove, verb intr. and trans.; duck-shover, noun. duck soup noun orig and mainly
US ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
Dealing. with. ducks. 1. Carry out research or interview an adult to find out the
meanings of these sayings. (a) Like water off a duck's back. (b) To be out for a
duck. (cricket) (c) Duck into the shop. (d) Duck shove. (e) See the quack. (f) Duck
out ...
3
Oxford Thesaurus of English
... turn one's back on; informal cop out of, get out of, wriggle out of, worm one's
way out of; Brit. informal skive, skive off, funk; N. Amer. informal cut; Austral./NZ
informal duck-shove; archaic decline, bilk. wANTONYMS take part in; face up to.
4
Oxford Dictionary of English
DA) 7noun informal a man's hairstyle, associated especially with the 1950s, in
which the hair is slicked back on both sides and tapered at the nape. duck-shove
7verb [with obj.] Austral./NZ informal avoid or evade (a responsibility or issue).
5
The Godzone Dictionary: Of Favourite New Zealand Words and ...
... thus doubling the number it carries. duck shove Ineffective activity, usually
caused by avoidance of decision and passing on responsibility (especially in a
context of officialdom and bureaucracy). Ducks do shove each other but New
Zealand ...
6
Colour Oxford Thesaurus
NZ informal duck-shove. slab noun piece, block, hunk, chunk, lump, cake, tablet,
brick, panel, plate, sheet. slack adjective 1 the rope went slack: limp, loose. 2
slack skin: sagging, flabby, flaccid, loose, saggy. 3 business is slack: sluggish,
slow, ...
Oxford Dictionaries,, Maurice Waite, 2011
7
The Chambers Dictionary
n duck shove (Ausir and NZ; colloq) to jump a queue (orig of taxi-drivers); to
cheat; to steal: to avoid responsibilities. — duck'shover (Ausir and NZ, colloq);
duck's -meat duckweed: duck soup (US slang) something very easy, a cinch;
someone ...
8
Developing Faithful Ministers: A Theological and Practical ...
However, to speak of 'my' ministry is as immature as speaking of 'my' church, or '
my' people. No payment, no gold, no silver, no copper, no bag, no second tunic,
no sandals, no staff, said Jesus (Matt. 10.9–10), and however we duck shove this
...
Tim Ling, Lesley Bentley, 2012
9
Are All Banks Bastards?
So they 'duck-shove' the costs to someone else and those costs come off
someone else's 'bottom line'. I believe that the next decade will herald a new
generation of outsourcing i.e. offshore. Why? Because offshore markets, which
have an ...
Stephanie Retchless, 2013
10
Off The Record - A Charity Anthology
Like a duck. Shove the empty wrapper into the cute clerk's soft hand. She rolls
her eyes all the way around and rings it up. I drive down the sad little Main Street
– insurance office, bank, hairdresser that's closed in the middle of the day. Only a
...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUCK-SHOVE»
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duck-shove is used in the context of the following news items.
Insidious Twitter not always as it seems
In newsrooms reporters would duck-shove to avoid answering the audience feedback phone. “Do you know who you are speaking to?” I once ... «The Australian, Aug 14»
Doublethink on asylum seekers won't fool anyone
Boat arrivals in Australia are clearly our problem, not Malaysia's, and we should accept responsibility rather than duck-shove the people and ... «The Australian, Jun 11»
