SHOVEL IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shovel in mean? 

• SHOVEL IN (verb)
  The verb SHOVEL IN has 2 senses:

1. earn large sums of money

2. eat a large amount of food quickly

  Familiarity information: SHOVEL IN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOVEL IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Earn large sums of money

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

rake in; shovel in

Context example:

Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in

Hypernyms (to "shovel in" is one way to...):

bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Eat a large amount of food quickly

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

bolt down; garbage down; gobble up; shovel in

Context example:

The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake

Hypernyms (to "shovel in" is one way to...):

eat (take in solid food)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They shovel in more bread

 Context examples 

What in the world are you going to do now, Jo? asked Meg one snowy afternoon, as her sister came tramping through the hall, in rubber boots, old sack, and hood, with a broom in one hand and a shovel in the other.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)