This is a recent cockney rhyming slang word for Nick - which is in itself slang for police station or prison cell. ie SHOVEL and PICK (nick). A police officer might say "You're nicked" when arresting someone.
Where's Arthur ? He's in the shovel.
by clubcar November 27, 2009

noun
a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of their spade shaped heads.
"shovels who think the world revolves around them and their not so pretty heads"
a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of their spade shaped heads.
"shovels who think the world revolves around them and their not so pretty heads"
by Lozzy McSavage April 18, 2017

The person in a group of friends - typically when the group is eating pizza or any similar food - who decides to reach for the dipping sauce with the slice, and in turn pulls the dip entirely out of your ability to reach for it.
Joey: "Jordan, if I'm already completely wasted, why the hell would you shovel the garlic dip out of my range of reach?!"
Jordan: "Damn son, sorry for being a shoveler."
Jordan: "Damn son, sorry for being a shoveler."
by Joey Steel September 12, 2009

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by DJM February 25, 2004

"The text at the top reads "Werewolf of Soviet Union" ("Shovel")."
Russian criminal tatoo encyclopedia. Volume III. UK.
Russian criminal tatoo encyclopedia. Volume III. UK.
by Bitzi September 25, 2010
