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But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's got a zip code has somebody or some group of people battling the economic and political exclusion that Wall Street and Washington are shoving down our throats.
Jim Hightower

Meaning of "shoving" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHOVING

shoving  [ˈʃʌvɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHOVING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shoving is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHOVING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shoving in the English dictionary

The definition of shoving in the dictionary is the act of pushing hard.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHOVING


diving
ˈdaɪvɪŋ
driving
ˈdraɪvɪŋ
duck-shoving
ˈdʌkˌʃʌvɪŋ
fun-loving
ˈfʌnlʌvɪŋ
giving
ˈɡɪvɪŋ
home-loving
ˈhəʊmˌlʌvɪŋ
improving
ɪmˈpruːvɪŋ
leaving
ˈliːvɪŋ
living
ˈlɪvɪŋ
loving
ˈlʌvɪŋ
moving
ˈmuːvɪŋ
nonloving
ˌnɒnˈlʌvɪŋ
peace-loving
ˈpiːsˌlʌvɪŋ
pleasure-loving
ˈplɛʒəˌlʌvɪŋ
saving
ˈseɪvɪŋ
serving
ˈsɜːvɪŋ
shaving
ˈʃeɪvɪŋ
surviving
səˈvaɪvɪŋ
thanksgiving
ˈθæŋksˌɡɪvɪŋ
unloving
ʌnˈlʌvɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHOVING

shove
shove off
shove-halfpenny
shovel
shovel beak
shovel hat
shovel-ready
shovelboard
shoveler
shovelful
shovelhead
shovelled
shoveller
shovelling
shovelnose
shover
show
show a clean pair of heels
show a leg
show bag

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHOVING

approving
carving
coving
craving
disapproving
earthmoving
fast-moving
Irving
nonmoving
problem-solving
proving
raving
reproving
roving
shelving
slow-moving
thriving
unapproving
unmoving
unreproving

Synonyms and antonyms of shoving in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SHOVING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «shoving» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of shoving
bump · crowd · drive · elbow · impel · jostle · knock · nudge · park · plonk · press · propel · push · ram · shoulder · stick · thrust

Translation of «shoving» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHOVING

Find out the translation of shoving to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shoving from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shoving» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

empujones
570 millions of speakers

English

shoving
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

shoving
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تدافع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пихание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

empurrões
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঠেলাঠেলি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bousculades
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shoving
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Geschiebe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

押し合う
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

밀치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shoving
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xô đẩy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேச்சோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Shoving
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dürten
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spintoni
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

popychanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

піханія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shoving
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σπρώξιμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stoot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

knuffande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shoving
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shoving

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOVING»

The term «shoving» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.172 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOVING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shoving» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shoving» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shoving

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8 QUOTES WITH «SHOVING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shoving.
1
Jon Fishman
You're not there to spread any particular- if you're Bob Marley you're there to spread a message, but very few people can do that effectively without shoving opinions down someone's throat.
2
Jim Hightower
But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's got a zip code has somebody or some group of people battling the economic and political exclusion that Wall Street and Washington are shoving down our throats.
3
Bobby Ray Inman
And Oliver North was really a good soldier, up to the last moment, shoving memos into the shredder and defending the policy to the end.
4
Kiesza
I don't think shoving my butt into people's faces will tell them anything about who I am. How is that connecting to your audience? What is that doing for your music?
5
Hayden Panettiere
Some people ask me whether I'm a 'mama's girl' or a 'papa's girl.' I'm nobody's girl. My brother clings to our parents; I'm the one shoving them out the door.
6
John Spratt
I am not disputing the need for this money. What I am disputing and calling attention to is the fact that we are taking the tab for defense in our time against terrorists in the Middle East and elsewhere and shoving this tab off onto our children.
7
Lili Taylor
I tried to do the commercial thing. But I don't want to keep shoving Twinkies down everyone's throat. People are hungry for something of more substance.
8
Charlize Theron
I have a problem with cabinets being messy and people just shoving things in and closing the door. I will lie in bed and not be able to sleep because I'll say to myself: 'I think I saw something in that cabinet that just shouldn't be there.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHOVING»

Discover the use of shoving in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shoving and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Asphalt Pavements: A Practical Guide to Design, Production ...
Shoving and surface distortions Shoving is a surface deformation that involves the wearing course to be displaced transversely across the pavement. Shoving is a permanent displacement caused by traffic loading. Shoving that appears as ...
Patrick Lavin, 2003
2
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In a justifying mechanism, and in combination with a composed line of matrices and stepped spaces therein, a stepped shoving device to advance the space- bars successively and a stepped slide to act upon the shoving device. 5.
‎1897
3
Official gazette of the United States Patent Office
In a justifying mechanism, and in combination with a composed line of matrices and stepped spaces therein, a stepped shoving device to advance the space- bars successively and a stepped slide to act upon the shoving device. 5.
United States. Patent Office, 1897
4
The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights ...
inatrici-s and stepped spaces tliereiii, n stepped shoving_ device to advance the space bars successively, and a stepped slide to net upon the shoving device. 5th. In a justifying mechanism, and in combination with a composed line of matrices ...
‎1897
5
Good Roads
While the shoving of asphalt pavements is most often attributable to such troubles , it is nevertheless true that in some cases shoving has occurred from other causes. For this reason during the summer of 1921 an investigation of the cause and ...
‎1921
6
Pavement Management for Airports, Roads, and Parking Lots
Shoving of Asphalt Pavement by PCC Slabs (54) Description PCC pavements occasionally increase in length at ends where they adjoin flexible pavements ( commonly referred to as “pavement growth”). This “growth” shoves the asphalt or  ...
Mo Y. Shahin, 2007
7
Engineering and Contracting
While the shoving of as phalt pavement is most often attributable to such troubles it is nevertheless true that in some cases shoving has occurred from other causes . For this reason during the summer of 1921 an investigation of the cause and ...
‎1921
8
Being and Worth
These theories can be summed up as follows: 1 Descartes Reason Aims, no shoving-power, good Will No aims, shoving-power, good or bad Passions Aims, shoving-power, bad 2 Kant Reason Aims, shoving-power, good Passions Aims, ...
Andrew Collier, 2005
9
The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Discourses ...
Cause and Correction of Shoving of Asphalt Pavements. In common with other types of pavements many cases of defects in asphalt pavements are due to foundation or sub- grade troubles. While the shoving of asphalt pavement is most often ...
Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy, 1921
10
Advances in Pavement Design through Full-scale Accelerated ...
Linear plots of area of ABS net consolidation area (top) and area of shoving/ heaving (bottom) for each AC surface mix as a function of number of passes at high temperature. intercept-a when extrapolated back to one cycle in the trend line ...
David Jones, John Harvey, Imad L. Al-Qadi, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHOVING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shoving is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Brazilian player suspended 6 months for shoving referee
SAO PAULO (AP) A Brazilian sports tribunal has suspended Palmeiras forward Dudu for six months for shoving a referee during the Sao Paulo state ... «FOXSports.com, May 15»
2
Denver officer faces suspension for shoving bar patron who fell …
DENVER — A Denver police officer faces a 30-day suspension for an incident that was caught on video in July. Investigators say officer Choice Johnson was ... «FOX31 Denver, Apr 15»
3
Brazilian police detain football player after shoving match
SAO PAULO (AP) — A player on the Brazilian football team CSA was detained after arguing with a referee and shoving a police officer following his team's 2-1 ... «USA TODAY, Apr 15»
4
Seriously? Thief shoves 5-year-old off bike, steals it
Sacramento police said a thief drove a truck to flee March 17, 2015 after shoving a 5-year-old off a bike to steal it. The photos were captured by a traffic camera ... «News10.net, Mar 15»
5
Police Union Spokesman Not Sorry for Shoving Black Woman: 'Oh …
Police union spokesman Jeff Roorda, who is on camera shoving a black woman during a meeting at St. Louis City Hall, denies shoving that woman. «Jezebel, Jan 15»
6
Report: Olivier Martinez seen shoving airport employee
Olivier Martinez reportedly got into a scuffle after paparazzi bombarded him at LAX on Sunday while he was traveling with his wife Halle Berry, the actress' ... «CBS News, Jan 15»
7
Denver Police captain demoted for shoving Rockies fan
A Denver Police Department captain has been demoted after he was caught on video shoving a fan during a Colorado Rockies baseball game. Joe Black now is ... «The Denver Post, Nov 14»
8
Former Skokie Cop Gets Probation For Shoving Woman In Cell
Former Skokie Cop Gets Probation For Shoving Woman In Cell ... he pleaded guilty to official misconduct for shoving a woman in the lockup at the north suburb's ... «CBS Local, Nov 14»
9
Daycare worker caught on camera yelling, shoving child
A worker at a daycare in Manchester faces charges after a video surfaced of her yelling and shoving a 5-year-old child. Court officials said a co-worker captured ... «KPHO Phoenix, Oct 14»
10
Tameifuna gets five-week ban for shoving referee
Waikato prop Ben Tameifuna has been suspended for five weeks after pushing referee Glen Jackson during his side's ITM Cup win against North Harbour last ... «sportal.co.nz, Sep 14»

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