through-shoot — through shoot, shove see through 1 … Useful english dictionary
shove — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ friendly, gentle, light, little, playful ▪ good, hard, hefty (BrE), mighty … Collocations dictionary
shove — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (also absol.) push vigorously; move by hard or rough pushing (shoved him out of the way). 2 intr. (usu. foll. by along, past, through, etc.) make one s way by pushing (shoved through the crowd). 3 tr. colloq. put somewhere… … Useful english dictionary
shove — I. verb (shoved; shoving) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scūfan to thrust away; akin to Old High German scioban to push and probably to Lithuanian skubti to hurry Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to push along 2. to push… … New Collegiate Dictionary
shove — v 1. push, propel, move; thrust, pole, stick; drive, trundle, wheel, roll. 2. jostle, jolt, jog, shoulder, bump into, knock against; press forward, make one s way, squeeze through, wedge, elbow, elbow one s way, fight one s way, force one s way;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Take This Job and Shove It — For the film, see Take This Job and Shove It (film) Take This Job and Shove It is a song by David Allan Coe about the bitterness of a man who worked long and hard with no apparent reward. The song was famously covered by Johnny Paycheck. The song … Wikipedia
To shove up the spout — Spout Spout, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See {Spout}, v. t.] 1. That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
when push comes to shove — when all the easy solutions to a problem have not worked, and something must be done. Only a few people will really come through for you when push comes to shove … New idioms dictionary
To thrust through — Thrust Thrust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrust}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrusting}.] [OE. ?rusten, ?risten, ?resten, Icel. ?r?st? to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.] 1. To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flip tricks — A flip trick is a type of skateboarding trick in which the skateboard flips in a particular way. In many tricks, the skateboard flips upside down and/or end over end. The most common and well known flip trick is the kickflip, invented by Rodney… … Wikipedia
way — n. path, route 1) to blaze, clear, pave, prepare; smoothe the way for (to pave the way for reform) 2) to take the (easy) way (out of a difficult situation) 3) to lead; point, show the way 4) to edge; elbow; fight; force; hack; jostle; make;… … Combinatory dictionary
