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shoves

/ʃʌvz/

shoves is the plural of shove.

shoves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shove.

Meaning of shove

Noun

shove (plural shoves)

  1. A rough push.
    • I rested […] and then gave the boat another shove.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput)
  2. (slang) An all-in bet.
  3. A forward movement of packed river-ice.

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Words that rhyme with shoves

Questions about shoves

What is shoves the plural of?
Shoves is the plural of shove.
How do you pronounce shoves?
Shoves is pronounced /ʃʌvz/.

Words near shoves in the dictionary

  1. shovelware
  2. shovelweed
  3. shoven
  4. shover
  5. shovers
  6. shoves
  7. shoves about
  8. shoves around
  9. shoves down
  10. shoves in the mouth
  11. shoves it up your ass

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