1. moving or lifting material such as snow, dirt, or coal with a shovel
Usage: present participle of shovel
2. eating food quickly and in large amounts
Usage: informal

1. the act or process of using a shovel to move material

Examples

• He spent the morning shoveling snow from the driveway.
• The workers were shoveling gravel into the truck.
• She was shoveling food into her mouth without stopping to talk.
• After the blizzard, hours of shoveling were required to clear the sidewalks.
• The shoveling of coal was backbreaking work.
• They took turns shoveling dirt out of the hole.
• Stop shoveling that cereal and slow down!