I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ friendly , gentle , light , little , playful
▪ good , hard , hefty ( BrE ), mighty , powerful , violent
VERB + SHOVE
▪ give sb/sth
▪
Harry gave him a hefty ~ and he fell down.
PREPOSITION
▪ with a ~
▪
She sent him off with a little ~.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ forcefully , hard , roughly
▪
I ~d hard until the door opened.
▪ gently , playfully
▪ practically
▪ aside , away , back
▪
He ~d me roughly aside.
▪ open
▪
She ~d open the door.
PREPOSITION
▪ down , in
▪
She ~d the letter in a drawer.
▪ into , out of , through
▪
A leaflet was ~d through my letter box. ( BrE )
▪
A leaflet was ~d through my mail slot. ( AmE )
▪ to
▪
He was ~d to the ground.
PHRASES
▪ push and ~
▪
The crowd was pushing and shoving to get a better view.
▪ ~ your hands in your pockets , ~ your hands into your pockets
▪ ~ sb out of the way
▪ ~ your way past sb/sth , ~ your way through sth
▪
We ~d our way through the crowd.
Shove is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ finger , ↑ fist , ↑ way