to drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor.-to push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle.-to push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.-to move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off.-the act of shoving; a forcible push.-p. p. of shove.