Shoulder-barge

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of running into someone so that they are shoved by one's shoulder.

    "Milner made sure, with a shoulder-barge to send Messi into touch, that the Argentinian knew of his presence in this rematch."

Verb
  1. 1
    To run into someone so that they are shoved by one's shoulder.

    "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."

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"Milner made sure, with a shoulder-barge to send Messi into touch, that the Argentinian knew of his presence in this rematch."

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