Shooed vs Shoved - What's the difference?
shooed | shoved |
(shoo)
(informal) To induce someone or something to leave.
(informal) To leave under inducement.
(informal, rare) To usher someone.
(informal, demeaning) Go away]]! [[clear off, Clear off!
(shove)
To push, especially roughly or with force.
*, chapter=12
, title= To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off .
* Garth
To make an all-in bet.
(label) To pass (counterfeit money).
A rough push.
* Jonathan Swift
(poker slang) An all-in bet.
As verbs the difference between shooed and shoved
is that shooed is (shoo) while shoved is (shove).shooed
English
Verb
(head)shoo
English
Verb
(en verb)- Don't just shoo away mosquitoes, kill them!
- See if you can shoo off the insurance salesmen.
- You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call.
- Shoo the visitor in.
Derived terms
* shoo away * shoo-in * shoo offInterjection
Synonyms
* See alsoAnagrams
* * ----shoved
English
Verb
(head)shove
English
Verb
(shov)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}}
- He grasped the oar, received his guests on board, and shoved from shore.
Derived terms
* shover * shove off * shove-it * push and shove * shove ha'pennyNoun
(en noun)- I rested and then gave the boat another shove .
