barging
Shoving one's way
Barging is pushing forward rudely or clumsily, often into spaces or conversations where you're not welcome: He kept barging through the crowd, She's always barging into meetings uninvited.
The word suggests a lack of grace or consideration—moving like a barge, the heavy flat-bottomed boat that doesn't maneuver delicately.
Entering without welcome
- interruptingBreaking in mid-speech
- pushingApplying force to move
- shovingPushing with force
- elbowingPushing with bent arm
bulldozing · forcing · imposing · crashing · gate-crashing · muscling · shouldering · thrusting
intruding
Entering without welcome
- interruptingBreaking in mid-speech
- pushingApplying force to move
- shovingPushing with force
elbowing · bulldozing · forcing · imposing · crashing · gate-crashing · muscling · shouldering · thrusting · storming
canal
Dug water passage
- narrowboatSlim vessel for canals
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- towpathCanal-side walking route
waterway · river · punt · pole · steersman · deckhand · cargo · freight · haulage · flatboat
- shovingpushing, shoving, jostling, elbowing, shouldering
- rugbyscrum, try, rugby, Rugby World Cup, rugby union
- transportationcar, bus, airplane, train, plane
- soccer officiatingreferee, yellow card, red card, foul, booking
bargingasking permission
Seeking consent beforehand
knocking · hesitating · hanging back · deferring · holding back
- barging inEntering without permission
barge, barged, barges, bargemen, bargeman, bargepole, bargee