noun
shoving
SHUH-vihng
noun
1
The act of pushing roughly.
"There was a lot of shoving near the front of the queue."
How to Use Shoving
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishRough pushing.
Common pairings
pushing and shoving
Word Forms
shovings plural
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Etymology
From shove + -ing.