shoehorn Syllabification: (shoe·horn)Pronunciation: /ˈSHo͞oˌhôrn/Translate shoehorn | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of shoehorn noun a curved instrument used to ease one’s heel into a shoe. verb [with object] force into an inadequate space:people were shoehorned into cramped cornersshoehorn in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of shoehorn in the British & World English dictionary