shoulder-barge
Appearance
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]shoulder-barge (plural shoulder-barges)
- The act of running into someone so that they are shoved by one's shoulder.
- 2019 May 1, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian[1]:
- Milner made sure, with a shoulder-barge to send Messi into touch, that the Argentinian knew of his presence in this rematch.
Verb
[edit]shoulder-barge (third-person singular simple present shoulder-barges, present participle shoulder-barging, simple past and past participle shoulder-barged)
- To run into someone so that they are shoved by one's shoulder.
- 2014 January 2, S.J.A. Turney, Marius' Mules VI: Caesar's Vow, Victrix Books, →ISBN:
- 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.
- 2021 August 10, Eden Darry, Quiet Village, Bold Strokes Books Inc, →ISBN:
- The gate screeched in protest as she shoulder-barged it open and shoved it closed again.