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shoulder-barging

shoulder-barging is the present participle and gerund of shoulder-barge.

Meaning of shoulder-barge

Verb

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

  1. To run into someone so that they are shoved by one's shoulder.
    • 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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Questions about shoulder-barging

What is shoulder-barging the present participle and gerund of?
Shoulder-barging is the present participle and gerund of shoulder-barge.

Words near shoulder-barging in the dictionary

  1. shoulder to cry on
  2. shoulder to shoulder
  3. shoulder-barge
  4. shoulder-barged
  5. shoulder-barges
  6. shoulder-barging
  7. shoulder-blade
  8. shoulder-blades
  9. shoulder-knot
  10. shoulder-knots
  11. shoulder-length

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