noun
- a curved piece of metal, plastic, or horn used to help put on a shoe
verb
- to force something into a small or unsuitable space
Usage: informal
Examples
- She used a shoehorn to slip on her tight boots.
- The metal shoehorn made it easier to put on his dress shoes.
- He kept a plastic shoehorn in his closet.
- The developers tried to shoehorn too many features into the small app.
- Don’t shoehorn that large couch into the tiny room.
- They shoehorned the meeting into an already packed schedule.
- The writer shoehorned an unnecessary subplot into the story.