shovel past tense and past participle shovelled, present participleshovelling British English, past tense and past participle shoveled, present participle shoveling American English [transitive]
1 to lift and move earth, stones etc with a shovel :
The workmen shovelled gravel onto the road.
They were out in freezing conditions shovelling snow off the pitch.
The workmen shovelled gravel onto the road.They were out in freezing conditions shovelling snow off the pitch.
shovel the driveway/sidewalk etc American English (=shovel snow from a road or path)
Everyone was out shovelling their sidewalks.
Everyone was out shovelling their sidewalks.
2 to put something, usually food, somewhere quickly :
We shovelled food into our mouths as fast as we could.
shovel something into/onto something
We shovelled food into our mouths as fast as we could.
he is shoveling snow and ice away from his car
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