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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: shouting - shover</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="shouting"> shouting, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun uproar; clamor. Ex. Dobbin ... kept up a great shouting (Thackeray). <DD>adj. that shouts; clamorous; vociferous. Ex. shouting spectators. (Figurative.) The shouting seas drive by (Rudyard Kipling). expr. all over but the shouting, nearly completed, finished, or decided, with the result appearing certain. Ex. Canadians who hoped that the various Medicare battles were all over but the shouting had better reach for their tranquilizers (Jeff Holmes). adv. shoutingly. </DL> <A NAME="shoutingdistance"> shouting distance,<DL COMPACT><DD> a short distance; a stone's throw. Ex. The beach is within shouting distance of our cabin. </DL> <A NAME="shoutingmatch"> shouting match,<DL COMPACT><DD> a loud argument; noisy quarrel. Ex. ... only if there is a real dialogue and not a shouting match that the real issues can be brought out (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="shove"> shove, verb, shoved, shoving, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to move (something) forward or along by the application of force from behind; push. Ex. We shoved the bookcase into place. (SYN) thrust. <DD> 2. to push roughly or rudely against; jostle (a person). Ex. The bully shoved me out of the room. <DD> 3a. to put or thrust (carelessly or hastily) into a place or receptacle. <DD> b. to thrust (aside or away). <DD>v.i. 1. to push; apply force against something in order to move it. <DD> 2. to push or jostle in a crowd; make one's way by jostling or elbowing. <DD>noun 1. an act of shoving; push. Ex. He gave the boat a shove which sent it far out into the water. A minor shove by the government from time to time ... (Edmond Taylor). <DD> 2. a rough or careless push or thrust. Ex. Someone in the crowd gave me a shove that sent me flying. expr. shove off, <DD> a. to push a boat away from the shore; row away. Ex. Into the boat he sprang, and in haste shoved off to his vessel (Longfellow). <DD> b. (Slang, Figurative.) to leave a place; start on one's way. Ex. The older boys told him to shove off and find some friends his own age. </DL> <A NAME="shovehalfpenny"> shove-halfpenny or shove-ha'penny, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) <DD> 1. shuffleboard. <DD> 2. a gambling game similar to shuffleboard. </DL> <A NAME="shovel"> shovel, noun, verb, -eled, -eling or (especially British) -elled, -elling.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a tool with a broad blade or scoop attached to a handle, used to lift and throw loose matter. Ex. a coal shovel, a snow shovel. <DD> 2. =shovelful. <DD> 3. =shovel hat. <DD>v.t. 1a. to lift and throw with a shovel. Ex. to shovel snow from the sidewalk. The men shoveled the sand into a cart. <DD> b. (Figurative:) Ex. The hungry man shoveled the food into his mouth. <DD> 2. to make with a shovel. Ex. They shoveled a path through the snow. <DD>v.i. to use a shovel. adj. shovellike. </DL> <A NAME="shovelbill"> shovelbill, noun. =shoveler (def. 2).</DL> <A NAME="shovelboard"> shovelboard, noun. =shuffleboard.</DL> <A NAME="shoveler"> shoveler, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or thing that shovels. <DD> 2. a kind of freshwater duck with a broad, flat bill, especially a species found widely in the Northern Hemisphere. </DL> <A NAME="shovelfish"> shovelfish, noun, pl. -fishes or (collectively) -fish. =shovelhead.</DL> <A NAME="shovelful"> shovelful, noun, pl. -fuls.<DL COMPACT><DD> as much as a shovel can hold. </DL> <A NAME="shovelhat"> shovel hat,<DL COMPACT><DD> a hat with a broad brim turned up at the sides and projecting with shovellike curves in front and behind. Some clergymen of the Church of England formerly wore shovel hats. </DL> <A NAME="shovelhead"> shovelhead, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a shark with a flattish head, similar and related to the hammerhead. <DD> 2. =shovel-nosed sturgeon. </DL> <A NAME="shovelheaded"> shovel-headed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a broad, flat snout, like a shovel. </DL> <A NAME="shoveller"> shoveller, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) shoveler. </DL> <A NAME="shovelnose"> shovelnose, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any animal with the head or part of the head shaped like a shovel. <DD> 2. =hammerhead shark. <DD> 3. =shovel-nosed sturgeon. </DL> <A NAME="shovelnosed"> shovel-nosed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a wide, flat snout or beak. Ex. a shovel-nosed snake. </DL> <A NAME="shovelnosedsturgeon"> shovel-nosed sturgeon,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small sturgeon of the Mississippi valley, that has a wide, blunt snout. </DL> <A NAME="shovelplow"> shovel plow,<DL COMPACT><DD> a plow with a simple triangular blade, used for cultivating the ground between growing crops. </DL> <A NAME="shoveltusker"> shovel-tusker, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a species of mastodon with great, flat lower tusks, sometimes broadening to a width of two feet. </DL> <A NAME="shovelweed"> shovelweed, noun. =shepherd's-purse.</DL> <A NAME="shover"> shover, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that shoves. </DL> <A HREF="show.dic">NEXT</A>