shoves
Thrusts with force
Shoves is the plural of shove, a forceful push: He gave me a few shoves toward the door.
As a verb, shoves means pushes roughly or carelessly: She shoves past people on the subway, He shoves his clothes into a drawer.
To shove something down someone's throat is to force them to accept it.
Forceful forward motion
- nudgeGentle push to prompt
- elbowArm's middle joint
- shoulderUpper arm joint
- bumpSlight collision or protrusion
ram · force · propel · heave · muscle · barrel · bulldoze · manhandle
Hostile or attacking behavior
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
- bullyHabitual intimidator
- provokeIncite a response
- intimidateInstill fear to control
assault · scuffle · tussle · wrestle · fight · altercation · skirmish · violence
thrust
Forceful forward motion
bump · ram · force · propel · heave · muscle · barrel · bulldoze · manhandle · roughhouse
aggression
Hostile or attacking behavior
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
- bullyHabitual intimidator
- provokeIncite a response
intimidate · assault · scuffle · tussle · wrestle · fight · altercation · skirmish · violence · roughing
press
Apply force downward
throng · surge · stampede · elbow · bustle · cram · pack · pile · swarm · bottleneck
- shove offDepart, often rudely
- when push comes to shoveWhen forced to act
- shove itRude dismissal phrase
- push and shoveForceful bodily contact
- shove overMove to make space
- pushing and shovingForceful bodily contact