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barging

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Canada/ˈbɑɹd͡ʒɪŋ/

barging is the present participle and gerund of barge.

Meaning of barge

Verb

barge (third-person singular simple present barges, present participle barging, simple past and past participle barged)

  1. To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
    • I mean I couldn't sit there on that desk for the rest of my life, and besides, I was afraid my parents might barge in on me all of a sudden and I wanted to at least say hello to her before they did.1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 209
  2. (transitive) To push someone.
    • The home side were professionally going about their business and were denied a spot-kick when Dunne clumsily barged Nani off the ball.2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC

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Questions about barging

What is barging the present participle and gerund of?
Barging is the present participle and gerund of barge.
How do you pronounce barging?
Barging is pronounced /ˈbɑɹd͡ʒɪŋ/ (Canada).

Words near barging in the dictionary

  1. barghist
  2. barghists
  3. barghmote
  4. barghmotes
  5. Barghouti
  6. barging
  7. barging in
  8. barging into
  9. bargir
  10. bargirl
  11. bargirls

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