Shovel In (Verb)
Meaning 1
Eat a large amount of food quickly; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- He shovel-in an entire pizza by himself during the football match.
- At the buffet, she started to shovel-in large amounts of food, seemingly without realizing it.
- It's common for people to shovel-in junk food while watching TV, as the habit can be hard to break.
- After fasting for 24 hours, he went to the restaurant and started to shovel-in as much food as possible.
- In order to meet the contest requirements, he had to shovel-in 21 hot dogs in under 10 minutes.
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Meaning 2
Earn large sums of money; "Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- After becoming a successful entrepreneur, he's been shoveling it in from various business ventures.
- With the release of her best-selling novel, she's now shoveling it in from book sales and movie rights.
- He's been shoveling it in since he started his lucrative online tutoring business.
- The popular social media influencer has been shoveling it in from sponsored posts and product endorsements.
- Having invested in several startups, he's shoveling it in from his lucrative investments and smart business moves.