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
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
Both words in one sentence
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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.
Source: Film / Ghost (1990) -
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.
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Characters with the affliction will sometimes shove their way up to the front of the party so they'll get hit more.
Source: Combat Sadomasochist
Cite this Source
Shove and Hit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/shove
Hit & Shove. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/shove>.
Shove or Hit. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/shove.
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