▪ I. shoving, vbl. n.1
(ˈʃʌvɪŋ)
[f. shove v.1 + -ing1.]
The action or an act of shove v.1
| 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4313 Þer was pultinge & ssouinge [v.rr. ssouyng, schuuing, schowynge, schowyng]. c 1386 Chaucer Manciple's Prol. 53 Ther was greet showving bothe to and fro To lifte him up. 1489 Caxton Faytes of A. i. ix. 23 The strengthe of shouing is at the lifte syde of men. 1568 Grafton Chron. II. 382 There was great heauing and shouyng, and many people vp. 1609 Holland Amm. Marcell. 111 Antoninus..set his course against our State and Common-wealth, not (as they say) with spret nor oare, with shooving, or haling. 1766 Goldsm. Vic. W. ix, However, after a little shoving and dragging, they at last went merrily on. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. iii. v, Accelerated by ignominious shovings from sentry after sentry. 1875 Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. (ed. 2) 214 In shoving off, when the ship is not head to wind, pull well clear of her before making sail. 1889 H. Vassall Rugby Football 31 Turning now to the other great branch of forward play, namely, scrummage work, it must not for a moment be supposed that shoving is all that is wanted. |
▪ II. shoving vbl. n.2
see shover2.