BARGED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

barged

verb

Definition of barged next

past tense of barge

as in shuffled

to move heavily or clumsily the big man barged into the room

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Recent Examples of barged The island also had no source of fresh water, so nearly 1 million gallons had to be barged in each week. —

Noe Padilla, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026 Charlotte set another hot weather record before cooler temps barged in again on Saturday, National Weather Service meteorologists said. —

Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2026 Marseille forward Mason Greenwood went off early on after being barged over at full speed by Calvin Verdonk. —

ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026 The man who barged into a nail salon and gunned down a 10-year-old boy during a robbery will spend the rest of his life behind bars in prison, a judge ruled Tuesday morning. —

Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026 Van Dyke, who owned a hostel for surfers in Puerto Viejo on the country’s Caribbean coast for many years, was with his girlfriend when intruders barged into his residence, the OIJ said. —

Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 17 Feb. 2026 After being fired by Michigan, Washtenaw County prosecutors say Moore went to the victim's apartment, barged his way in, proceeded to a kitchen drawer, and grabbed several butter knives and a pair of kitchen scissors. —

Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026 Like a little-and-large tag-team, the fuming pair had raced down the touchline to remonstrate with Millwall defender Alan Dunne after Bradford striker James Hanson had been barged over the pitchside advertising hoarding. —

Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026 And though not new, the Black and Blue (2025 Mix) by the Rolling Stones barged its way back into my rotation; some obsessions, like certain bands and certain years, refuse to stay politely in the past. —

Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2025

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For weeks, Isaiah Mosley shuffled into the morning chaos of the Miami criminal courthouse.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
Born from the embers of the eighties band Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, led by the singer and guitarist Amelia Fletcher, shuffled forward with her riffy, effervescent playing style, gradually growing more sophisticated across four LPs and an EP, without any loss of buoyancy.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026