as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
the big man barged into the room
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Recent Examples of barging
Scherzer interrupted Schneider one more time after the game was over, barging into the interview room while the manager was conducting his post-game news conference.
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Don’t go overboard by barging ahead, come hell or high water.
—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
Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Don’t go overboard by barging ahead, come hell or high water.
—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 technology included corrupt automatic shuffling machines that read cards and predicted which player had the best hand.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Card-reading contact lenses, X-ray poker tables, trays of poker chips that read cards, hacked shuffling machines that predict hands.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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The sound of her stomping up the staircase causes her parents to share a look of weary consternation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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But only the faithful know everything about the Mushroom Kingdom’s shell-stomping messiah.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
18 Oct. 2025
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After stumbling into a massive camp full of refugees from Nilfgaard’s ongoing campaign, Geralt winds up witness to a witch trial.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CWD can take months to years for symptoms to appear, which could include drastic weight loss, stumbling or lack of coordination, drooling and listlessness.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Barging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barging. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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