Verb

(shov)

To push, especially roughly or with force.

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, 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).

Verb

(head)

(manhandle)

Verb

(manhandl)

(nautical) To move something heavy by force of men, without aid of levers, pulleys, machine, or tackles.

* 1876 , , "Bridegroom Dick":

I see him—Tom—on horse-block standing,

Trumpet at mouth, thrown up all amain,

An elephant's bugle, vociferous demanding

Of topmen aloft in the hurricane of rain,

"Letting that sail there your faces flog?

Manhandle it, men, and you'll get the good grog!"

To assault or beat up a person.

* 1918 , , The Forty-Niners , ch. 13:

The polls were guarded by bullies who did not hesitate at command to manhandle any decent citizen indicated by the local leaders.

To mishandle; to handle roughly; to mangle.

* 1996 April 21, Barbara Stewart, " Another Harvest: One Farm, One Life," New York Times (retrieved 6 Nov 2012):

She yells at people who manhandle the tomatoes or break the beans.

To control (a machine, vehicle, situation, etc.) by means of physical strength.

* 2010 July 3, Juliet Macur, " Riders Gird for Four Challenging, Engrossing Stages of the Tour," New York Times (retrieved 6 Nov 2012):

Riders who succeed on this terrain are able to manhandle their bike as it rattles over the bumps.