Definition of "shoves" [shoves]

• Plural form of shove. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shove. (verb)

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• "I'm sure that, given time, I'll quit seeing this pretty little nostril screw at all -- but for right now I'm still in [:: shoves nostril towards audience::] "Lookit this cool thing I got on my face!" mode, and I simply can't restrain myself."
• "They shook out the bits of bark they called the shoves, and then Hadley’s mother would get to work with the hackle, its iron teeth sticking out of the paddle-shaped board as she stroked and cleaned and separated the fibers into tow cloth, which was good for cleaning out rifle barrels and not much else."
• "Frances has heard her name and shoves Ginger off her."