Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - shovel

~1 n 1 a tool with a rounded blade and a long handle used for moving earth, stones etc  (- compare spade (1)) 2 a part of a large vehicle or machine used for moving or digging earth ~2 v shovelled, shovelling BrE shoveled, shoveling AmE 1 to lift and move earth, stones etc with a shovel  (The workmen shovelled loads of gravel onto the road. | shovel the driveway/sidewalk etc AmE (=shovel snow from a road or path))  (Chris, I asked you two days ago to shovel the front path.) 2 shovel sth into/onto etc to put something into a place quickly  (He was shovelling spaghetti into his mouth.)