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Shove vs Scove - What's the difference?

shove | scove |

As nouns the difference between shove and scove

is that shove is a rough push while scove is (uk|dialect|cornwall|mining) rich, pure tin ore.

As a verb shove

is to push, especially roughly or with force.

shove

English

Verb

(shov)
  • To push, especially roughly or with force.
  • *, chapter=12
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all}}
  • To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off .
  • * Garth
  • He grasped the oar, received his guests on board, and shoved from shore.
  • To make an all-in bet.
  • (label) To pass (counterfeit money).
  • Derived terms

    * shover * shove off * shove-it * push and shove * shove ha'penny

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rough push.
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • I rested and then gave the boat another shove .
  • (poker slang) An all-in bet.
  • Derived terms

    * when push comes to shove

    scove

    English

    Noun

  • (UK, dialect, Cornwall, mining) Rich, pure tin ore.
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