Shoveling

noun
1.
an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
2.
any fairly large contrivance or machine with a broad blade or scoop for taking up or removing loose matter:
a steam shovel.
3.
a shovelful.
4.
Informal. shovel hat.
verb (used with object), shoveled, shoveling or (especially British) shovelled, shovelling.
5.
to take up and cast or remove with a shovel:
to shovel coal.
6.
to gather up in large quantity roughly or carelessly with or as if with a shovel:
He shoveled food into his mouth.
7.
to dig or clear with or as if with a shovel:
to shovel a path through the snow.
verb (used without object), shoveled, shoveling or (especially British) shovelled, shovelling.
8.
to work with a shovel.
noun
1.
an instrument for lifting or scooping loose material, such as earth, coal, etc, consisting of a curved blade or a scoop attached to a handle
2.
any machine or part resembling a shovel in action
3.
Also called shovelful. the amount that can be contained in a shovel
4.
short for shovel hat
verb -els, -elling, -elled (US) -els, -eling, -eled
5.
to lift (earth, etc) with a shovel
6.
(transitive) to clear or dig (a path) with or as if with a shovel
7.
(transitive) to gather, load, or unload in a hurried or careless way: he shovelled the food into his mouth and rushed away