Word.ws English Dictionary

shoving something down someone's throat

shoving something down someone's throat is the present participle and gerund of shove something down someone's throat.

Meaning of shove something down someone's throat

Verb

shove something down someone's throat (third-person singular simple present shoves something down someone's throat, present participle shoving something down someone's throat, simple past and past participle shoved something down someone's throat)

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic, transitive) To aggressively and persistently force an opinion, belief or idea upon a person (especially if they lack interest or have an opposing viewpoint).
    • I disagreed with his opinion, but he continued to shove it down my throat.
    Synonyms:
    force something down someone's throat, ram something down someone's throat

Questions about shoving something down someone's throat

What is shoving something down someone's throat the present participle and gerund of?
Shoving something down someone's throat is the present participle and gerund of shove something down someone's throat.

Words near shoving something down someone's throat in the dictionary

  1. shoving down
  2. shoving it up your ass
  3. shoving off
  4. shoving on
  5. shoving over
  6. shoving something down someone's throat
  7. shoving the queer
  8. shoving up
  9. shovings
  10. Shovlin
  11. Shovlins

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shoving something down someone's throat (page history and authors); shove something down someone's throat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “shoving something down someone's throat.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/shoving_something_down_someone%27s_throat. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.