n.
 a tool resembling a spade with a broad blade and upturned sides, used for moving coal, earth, snow, etc.
v.
 (shovels, shovelling, shovelled; US shovels, shoveling, shoveled)
  - move with a shovel.
 - 
(shovel something down/in)
 informal eat food quickly and in large quantities.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    
      - shovelful n. 
(pl. shovelfuls)
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  Etymology
  OE scofl, of Gmc origin; rel. to shove.