Plural of shove
regular plural
The plural of shove is shoves.
Forms of shove
| Singular | shove /ʃʌv/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | shoves /ʃʌvz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Shoves in a sentence
- One child stood as king of the hill, and tried to withstand the pushes and shoves of his challengers.From the entry challenger
- Hiro shoves Reason back into the zodiac, jumps in, and starts the motor.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 384. From the entry wakizashi
- He shoves me back, and I stand up.2006, Brad Bauer, Hitting in the Clutch, page 69. From the entry snotball
- (1) The wrenchman’s helper lifts and shoves the next section to be coupled into position on the lineup cage.1969 February, “Chapter 9. Pipelines”, in Military Petroleum Pipeline Systems (TM 5-343, Department of the Army Technical Manual)…. From the entry wrenchman
- Burns spies Homer munching complacently on a donut and hisses that each donut Homer shoves into his fat face brings him one donut closer to the poisoned donut Mr.2012 June 17, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired…. From the entry nix
Meaning of shove
- verb To push, especially roughly or with force.
- verb To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
- verb To make an all-in bet.
Questions about the plural of shove
- What is the plural of shove?
- The plural of shove is shoves.
- Is shove countable?
- Shove is a countable noun.
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