BARGE IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barge in mean? 

• BARGE IN (verb)
  The verb BARGE IN has 2 senses:

1. enter uninvited; informal

2. break into a conversation

  Familiarity information: BARGE IN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARGE IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enter uninvited; informal

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

barge in; crash; gate-crash

Context example:

let's crash the party!

Hypernyms (to "barge in" is one way to...):

intrude; irrupt (enter uninvited)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Break into a conversation

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

barge in; break in; butt in; chime in; chisel in; cut in; put in

Context example:

her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation

Hypernyms (to "barge in" is one way to...):

break up; cut off; disrupt; interrupt (make a break in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "barge in"):

disrupt; interrupt (interfere in someone else's activity)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

SpaceX sent the rocket into space Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and landed the first-stage mechanism successfully on a barge in the Pacific Ocean, an important step in development of reusable rocket components.

(SpaceX Completes Successful Rocket Launch, VOA News)