ram vs shove

ram

verb
  • To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement. 

  • To thrust during sexual intercourse. 

  • To fill or compact by pounding or driving. 

  • To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function. 

  • To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking. 

noun
  • A piston powered by hydraulic pressure. 

  • A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer, or stamp mill. 

  • A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships. 

  • An act of ramming. 

  • A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors. 

  • A male sheep, typically uncastrated. 

  • A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them. 

adj
  • Rancid; offensive in smell or taste. 

shove

verb
  • To push, especially roughly or with force. 

  • To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off. 

  • To pass (counterfeit money). 

  • To make an all-in bet. 

noun
  • A rough push. 

  • An all-in bet. 

  • A forward movement of packed river-ice. 

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