Antonyms for barging
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bahrj |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɑrdʒ |
Definition of barging
Origin :- "to journey by barge," 1590s, from barge (n.). The form barge into and the sense "crash heavily into," in reference to the rough handling of barges, dates from 1830s, American English. Related: Barged; barging.
- As in jump : verb leap, spring
- As in lumber : verb walk heavily, clumsily
- As in stump : verb walk with deliberation
- As in burst : verb blow up, break out
- As in clump : verb make thumping noise
- While you were barging around caves, I was making change at the bank.
- Extract from : « The Caves of Fear » by John Blaine
- He was afraid of barging against them on dark college staircases.
- Extract from : « The New Warden » by Mrs. David G. Ritchie
- At Bermondsey, for instance, the cost of barging is about 2s.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 » by Various
- Those Martians were gonna wish they'd come visitin' polite instead of barging in like they owned the world!
- Extract from : « Operation Terror » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
- Barging in, he said indignantly to himself; barging in when nobody had asked her opinion or explanation of anything.
- Extract from : « Vera » by Elisabeth von Arnim
- Three sailors swung by, barging through the crowd with that curious roll so common to men of the sea.
- Extract from : « The Great Airship. » by F. S. Brereton
- Allison was for barging on past without disturbing the superior officers, but O'Malley had his eyes on the pie shelf.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. » by Rutherford G. Montgomery
- I pointed out that she had so successfully acquired the spirit of barging that she was evidently made for the life.
- Extract from : « A Floating Home » by Cyril Ionides
- Barging into a line of traffic, it spun unsteadily on two wheels and crashed into an ancient car in which two men were riding.
- Extract from : « Swamp Island » by Mildred A. Wirt
Synonyms for barging
- bail out
- barge
- blow
- bob
- bounce
- bound
- break
- buck
- bumble
- canter
- caper
- clatter
- clear
- clomp
- clump
- crack
- curvet
- detonate
- discharge
- disintegrate
- dive
- drop
- erupt
- explode
- fall
- fly open
- fracture
- fragment
- galumph
- gambol
- gush forth
- hobble
- hop
- hurdle
- hurtle
- jerk
- jiggle
- jounce
- limp
- lollop
- lop
- lumber
- lump
- lunge
- lurch
- parachute
- perforate
- pierce
- plod
- plummet
- pop
- prick
- puncture
- quiver
- rattle
- rend asunder
- ricochet
- run
- rupture
- rush
- saltate
- scuff
- shake
- shamble
- shatter
- shiver
- shuffle
- skip
- sky
- slog
- somersault
- splinter
- split
- spout
- stamp
- stomp
- stumble
- stump
- surge
- take
- tear apart
- thud
- thump
- top
- tramp
- trip
- trudge
- trundle
- vault
- waddle
- waver
- wobble
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