as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
the big man barged into the room
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Recent Examples of barging
Don’t go overboard by barging ahead, come hell or high water.
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Adrian Vore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
Soon his wife Min-yeong (Jang Sun) is barging onto the premises, demanding to know if anyone has a clue as to his whereabouts in what rapidly becomes a missing-person case.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Earlier in the day, Dexter did try to talk to Vinny sans violence, but being seen barging into the landlord’s office a few hours before his disappearance is only going to reflect poorly on Dex in the event of a police investigation.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Unfortunately, Dialpad Connect doesn’t support call barging, monitoring, or whispering.
—John Brandon, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
Smith also had some fun in between all the dramatic scenes, including in a scene that shows Ming barging into a room.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Adrian Vore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
Soon his wife Min-yeong (Jang Sun) is barging onto the premises, demanding to know if anyone has a clue as to his whereabouts in what rapidly becomes a missing-person case.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Earlier in the day, Dexter did try to talk to Vinny sans violence, but being seen barging into the landlord’s office a few hours before his disappearance is only going to reflect poorly on Dex in the event of a police investigation.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Unfortunately, Dialpad Connect doesn’t support call barging, monitoring, or whispering.
—John Brandon, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
Smith also had some fun in between all the dramatic scenes, including in a scene that shows Ming barging into a room.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barging
Verb
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The Jaguars are shuffling corners.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Eliminate middle schools Known as Option G, the proposal essentially eliminates middle schools by moving sixth grade to elementary schools and shuffling seventh and eighth grades to the high schools.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Barner holds his arms parallel to the ground and swings them side to side while slowly stomping forward like Godzilla demolishing a city.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Maura is marvelous stomping around the apartment in a cold fury and refusing to speak to Clara, who proceeds regardless with broker negotiations and brings in antiques dealer Abslam (Ahmed Boulane) to buy up the contents.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But the researchers said stumbling upon the copious number of artifacts entangled in the historical nests took them by surprise.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
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That, along with Trevor Lawrence’s stumbling and bumbling game winner Monday evening, led to yours truly spending Tuesday night rewatching every touchdown through five weeks of 2025.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Barging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barging. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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