shoulder-barge

English

Noun

shoulder-barge (plural shoulder-barges)

  1. The act of running into someone so that they are shoved by one's shoulder.
    • 2019 May 1, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian‎:
      Milner made sure, with a shoulder-barge to send Messi into touch, that the Argentinian knew of his presence in this rematch.

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.
    • 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.
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