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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To him, the equipment staff shuffling pieces around on the field during practice is just as important as the head coach standing by.—
Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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During the 2024 rampage, two suspects wearing masks were captured on surveillance video shuffling up a driveway and firing weapons towards the home.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
1 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
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The Norwegian stomping clear of a defence caught too high up the pitch.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Ross and the unit's six other horses are responsible for helping the police handle crowd control, whether its amid the thousands stumbling through Lower Broadway or the rush of 65,000 fans entering or leaving Nissan Stadium for a Titans game.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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In other words, Steve is a lot to play, and the Oscar-winner throws himself into every forlorn expression, every kindly mentoring session, every manic bit of rushing to and fro as chaos reigns around him, every stumbling step toward self-medicating into oblivion.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Barging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barging. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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