Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - shove

~1 v 1 to push someone or something, in a rough or careless way, using your hands or shoulders  (shove sb aside/into etc)  (Secret Service men shoved people aside to make way for the President. | shove sb/sth)  (Stop shoving me or I'll tell the teacher! | pushing and shoving (=pushing with your body, especially in a crowd))  (There was no trouble at the rally apart from a little pushing and shoving.) 2 T always + adv/prep to put something somewhere carelessly or without thinking much  (shove sth into/under etc)  (Let's shove everything into the closet just for now.) 3 shove up/over spoken, especially BrE to move along on a seat to make space for someone else  (Shove up mate, there's no room to sit down here.)  (- see also when push comes to shove push2 (7)) shove off phr v 1 spoken used to tell someone rudely or angrily to go away  (Shove off! I'm busy.) 2 to push a boat away from the land, usually with a pole ~2 n a strong push  (give sth a shove)  (We gave the door one good shove and it came open.)