Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shove \Shove\ (sh[u^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shoved}
   (sh[u^]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shoving}.] [OE. shoven, AS.
   scofian, fr. sc[=u]fan; akin to OFries. sk[=u]va, D.
   schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. sk[=u]fa,
   sk[=y]fa, Sw. skuffa, Dan. skuffe, Goth. afskiuban to put
   away, cast away; cf. Skr. kshubh to become agitated, to
   quake, Lith. skubrus quick, skubinti to hasten. [root]160.
   Cf. {Sheaf} a bundle of stalks, {Scoop}, {Scuffle}.]
   1. 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.

   2. To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude
      manner; to jostle.

            And shove away the worthy bidden guest. --Milton.

            He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.