shovel in

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shovel in

The children shovel in their birthday cake at the party.

Definition
  1. Verb (transitive, informal):
    • To eat a large amount of food quickly and eagerly: To consume food rapidly, often in a greedy or hurried manner.
    • To earn or acquire large sums of money, especially with seeming ease: To amass money quickly or in substantial quantities.
Usage Examples

  • Verb (eating):

    • After the game, he was so hungry he just shoveled in two plates of pasta.
    • Don't just shovel in your food; take your time and enjoy it.

  • Verb (earning money):

    • With that new tech startup, they're really shoveling in the cash.
    • The company has been shoveling in profits since the product launch.
Advanced Usage
  • The phrase often carries a slightly negative or critical connotation, implying a lack of manners when referring to eating, or excessive greed when referring to earning money.
  • It is frequently used in the continuous tense (e.g., ) to emphasize an ongoing action.
Variants and Related Words
  • Shovel (verb): The base verb meaning to move material with a shovel. "Shovel in" is a phrasal verb extension of this action.
  • Gobble down / Wolf down: Synonyms for eating quickly.
  • Rake in: A close synonym for earning large sums of money.
Synonyms
  • For eating: Gobble (down), wolf (down), devour, bolt, gorge on.
  • For earning: Rake in, pull in, make a killing, clean up.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Shovel down: Very similar to "shovel in," used primarily for eating.
    • He shoveled down his breakfast and ran out the door.
  • Shovel out: To clear something by shoveling (e.g., snow); to pay out money, often reluctantly.
    • We had to shovel out the driveway after the storm.
    • I had to shovel out a fortune for those car repairs.
Related Idioms
  • Make a killing: To earn a lot of money quickly.
    • He made a killing in the stock market.
  • Eat like a horse: To eat large quantities of food.
    • My teenage brother eats like a horse.
shovel in

The children shovel in their birthday cake at the party.

Verb
  1. eat a large amount of food quickly
    • The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake
  2. earn large sums of money
    • Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in

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