barnacling

Verb

barnacle (third-person singular simple present barnacles, present participle barnacling, simple past and past participle barnacled)

1. To connect with or attach.
   • Tokuda went over everything his grandfather had taught him, including the commentary that had barnacled on to the core knowledge.2009, Liza Dalby, Hidden Buddhas: A Novel of Karma and Chaos, Stone Bridge Press, published 2009, →ISBN, page 178
2. To press close against something.
   • He turned a corner to where he supposed the cupboard might be, to find Howie and Alanna barnacled together in an embrace.2002, Douglas Coupland, All Families Are Psychotic, Vintage Canada, published 2002, →ISBN, page 16

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