shoved

verb

Definition of shovednext
past tense of shove
1
as in pushed
to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one I had to keep shoving my heavy suitcase as I slowly made my way to the head of the line

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2
as in pressed
to push steadily against with some force quit shoving your hand in my face

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoved
  1. pushed
  2. pressed
  3. drove
  4. compressed
Verb
  • Some pushed Biden, who also did not commute the death sentences of military members, to do more.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Weary citizens continue to suffer under high inflation, which has pushed up prices for essentials like oil and rice.
    Saif Hasnat Atul Loke, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of pushed
Verb
  • The Concerned Citizens group pressed local officials to take action to protect the children.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Concerned Citizens group pressed local officials to take action to protect the children.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of pressed
Verb
  • Mayfield drove the Bucs from their own 29-yard line to the Cowboys 11 with just under a minute left, and Tampa Bay called a timeout.
    Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • On Saturday, a Blue Ash officer was sent to the hospital after an impaired driver drove through the scene of a deadly crash on the Ronald Reagan Cross Country Highway, hitting a police cruiser.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of drove
Verb
  • Its upper jaw has tricuspid teeth with three distinct points, while the lower jaw features compressed monocuspid teeth with a toothless tip.
    Gairika Mitra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Proof Aggregation Through a process of recursive aggregation, multiple zk-proofs are compressed into a single, compact proof.
    Ayush Gupta, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of compressed
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