Hit and Shove

Hit

Hit verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Usage example: a good carpenter hits a nail just two or three times to drive it in

Shove and hit are semantically related In some cases you can use "Shove" instead the word "Hit" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Word: hitting

Shove

Shove verb - To apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one.

Hit and shove are semantically related in send topic. Sometimes you can use "Hit" instead the word "Shove" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: shovel, shoved, shoveled, shoving

How words are described

good good hit good shove
physical physical hit physical shove
single single hit single shove
nasty nasty hit nasty shove
Other adjectives: strong, powerful, hard, big, great.

Common collocations

people hit people shove people
someone hit someone shove someone
time hit time shove time
way hit way shove way
Other words: characters, box, head, car, enemy, opponents, enemies, girls.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Ghost (1990) Our Ghosts Are Different: The poltergeist effect of throwing things around is described as coming from the emotions, but the ghosts still kick and hit and shove things to make them move as if they were alive.
  • Film / Transformers: Age of Extinction Later on, when he and Savoy winds up crashing into a Hong Kong apartment, Cade uses the tenant's football to hit Savoy on the head, allowing Cade to then shove Savoy out the window.
  • Combat Sadomasochist Characters with the affliction will sometimes shove their way up to the front of the party so they'll get hit more.
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