shovel

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shovel/ˈʃʌvl/

▶noun a tool resembling a spade with a broad blade and upturned sides, used for moving coal, earth, snow, etc. ▶verb (shovels, shovelling, shovelled; US shovels, shoveling, shoveled)

• 1 move with a shovel.

• 2 (shovel something down/in) informal eat food quickly and in large quantities.

– derivatives
shovelful noun (pl. shovelfuls).

– origin OE scofl, of Gmc origin; rel. to shove.