shoulder-barge

noun

The act of running into someone so that they are shoved by one's shoulder.

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Meanings

nounshoulder-barge (plural shoulder-barges)

plural shoulder-barges

  1. The act of running into someone so that they are shoved by one's shoulder.

    Milner made sure, with a shoulder-barge to send Messi into touch, that the Argentinian knew of his presence in this rematch.

    2019 May 1, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian
verbshoulder-barge (third-person singular simple present shoulder-barges, present participle shoulder-barging, simple past and past participle shoulder-barged)

present singular third person shoulder-barges · participle present shoulder-barging · participle past shoulder-barged · past shoulder-barged

  1. To run into someone so that they are shoved by one's shoulder.

    The gate screeched in protest as she shoulder-barged it open and shoved it closed again.

    2021 August 10, Eden Darry, Quiet Village, Bold Strokes Books Inc, →ISBN
    1 more example

    The dismounted soldiers - mostly the rare Roman regular cavalry, with a number of auxiliary Gauls alongside - were shoulder-barging the door, which was shaking and cracking with each thump.

    2014 January 2, S.J.A. Turney, Marius' Mules VI: Caesar's Vow, Victrix Books, →ISBN
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APA

shoulder-barge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoulder-barge

MLA

“shoulder-barge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoulder-barge. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shoulder-barge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoulder-barge.

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