Meanings
present singular third person barges in · participle present barging in · participle past barged in · past barged in
- To intrude; to enter or interrupt suddenly and without invitation.
What makes you think you can just barge in and make demands of the CEO?
2 more examples
Don't barge in on us like that again; we are presently having a meeting.
According to a Fox News source speaking to the Daily Beast, Simmons barged in on a staff meeting, unbuttoned his shirt and exposed his torso, shouting: “Hey chicks, sue me!”
2017 November 17, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, “Gene Simmons banned for life from Fox News over his behaviour”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
verbbreak into a conversation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch binnenvallen, binnenbanjeren
- binnenvallento intrude
- binnenbanjerento intrude
French faire irruption, s'imposer
- faire irruptionto intrude
- s'imposerto intrude
- déboulerto intrude
German dazwischenplatzen, hereinplatzen
- dazwischenplatzento intrude
- hereinplatzento intrude
Korean 불쑥 들어오다
- 불쑥 들어오다 (bulssuk deureooda)to intrude
Russian вторга́ться, вто́ргнуться
- вторга́ться (vtorgátʹsja)to intrude
- вто́ргнуться (vtórgnutʹsja)to intrude
- вме́шиваться (vméšivatʹsja)to intrude
- вмеша́ться (vmešátʹsja)to intrude
- встрева́ть в разгово́р (vstrevátʹ v razgovór)to intrude
- встрять в разгово́р (vstrjatʹ v razgovór)to intrude
Spanish irrumpir
- irrumpirto intrude
Cite this entry
barge in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barge%20in
“barge in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barge%20in. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barge in,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barge%20in.
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