outshove

English

Etymology

From Middle English outaschouven, ut-ascufan, from Old English *ūtāscūfan, *ūtāscēofan (“to push out”), equivalent to out- +‎ shove.

Verb

outshove (third-person singular simple present outshoves, present participle outshoving, simple past and past participle outshoved)

1. (transitive) To shove harder or better than; outcompete by shoving
   • 1946, Damon Runyon, Guys and dolls:

     Then the next thing anybody knows, the Yales outshove the Harvards, and now the game is over, and Mr. Phillips Randolph gets up out of his seat, and I hear Mr. Phillips Randolph say like this: […]

   • 2013, Millard C Davis, Morning on the Mountain: Adirondack Adventures:

     Thereupon they not only hatch a day or So earlier than the competing egg or eggs bu eventually outshove the rival young for food.

See also

• outmuscle