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-v. 2.

barge in intrude, break in, burst in on, enter forcefully, irrupt; interrupt, break in on, Sl. butt in, U.S. Sl. horn in.
3. barge into Informal, bump into, collide with, hit, Inf. plow into, crash into, smash into.

bark¹, n. 1. bowwow, arf, yelp, yip, yap, cry; roar, bellow, Obs. bell, howl, bay, hoot, ululation.
2. blast, bang, report, crack, snap; boom, explosion, thunder.
3. snap, snarl, growl; shout, yell, outcry, bawl, Inf. holler; scream, screech, shriek.
-v. 4. yelp, yip, yap, cry, roar, bellow, Obs. bell;
howl, bay, hoot, ululate.
5. shout, yell, thunder, sound off, vociferate, bluster, bawl, Inf. holler; snap, snarl, growl; scream, screech, shriek; assail, rail at, revile, berate, lash out at, vituperate, Inf. bawl out.
6. bark up the wrong tree United States, follow the wrong scent, be on the wrong trail; blunder, err, be in error, make a mistake.

bark², n. 1. skin, crust, peeling, rind, husk, shuck, pod, hide, shell, hull, integument, membrane, pellicle, involucre, Anat., Zool. cortex; cover, covering, coat, coating, case, casing, wrapping, wrapper, cloak, sheath, sheathing, envelope, enclosure, Bot. perigonium.
-v. 2. peel, pare, skin, husk, shuck, hull, shell; strip, uncover, unwrap, unsheathe, uncloak; open, denude, denudate, bare; excoriate, scrape, shave, scale; abrade, rub, fret.
3. cover, enclose, envelop, encase, wrap, sheathe, cloak.

barmy, adj. 1. frothy, spumy, spumous, spumes-cent, foamy, lathery; yeasty, fermenting, fermentative. 2. Chiefly British Slang, daft, eccentric, odd, peculiar, bizarre, Inf. different; addlepated, scatterbrained, featherheaded, simple-minded, muddled, confused; touched, not quite right, not all there, with a few loose screws, Inf. daffy, Sl. balmy, Sl. dippy, Sl. batty.

barn, n. stables, stalls, Chiefly Brit, mews; cowbarn, cowshed, cowhouse, Brit, byre, Brit, cowbyre.

barney, n. 1. Informal, argument, altercation, dispute, clash, falling-out, wrangle, Inf. hassle; quarrel, bicker, disagreement, squabble, spat, tiff, Inf. words; contention, dissension, variance, difference of opinion.
2. prize fight, boxing match, sparring match, fisticuffs; pugilistic encounter; the ring.
3. brawl, fight, affray, fray, Inf. rough-and-tumble, tussle, scuffle, donnybrook; row, dustup, free-for-all, brannigan, Inf. scrap, Sl. rhubarb, Inf. knock-down-drag-out; turmoil, tumult, disturbance, uproar, clamor.

barnstormer, n. 1. actor, player, stage player, performer, stage performer, playactor, role player, trouper, strolling player, Sl. ham; theatrician, thespian, Roscian, histrio, histrion, Archaic, histrionic; actress.
2. stunt pilot, stunt flier, stunt man.

baron, n. 1. noble, nobleman, gentleman; aristocrat, patrician, blueblood, silk-stocking; peer, lord.
2. tycoon, magnate, power, king; business leader, top executive, big businessman, Inf. big boss; industrialist, captain of industry, financier,

baroque, adj. 1. ornate, elaborate, involved, busy, fussy, frilly; overdone, overwrought, overworked, overlabored; rococo, arabesque, rocaille.
2. ostentatious, meretricious, flamboyant, showy, flashy, Sl. flash; gawdy, garish, tawdry, florid, flowery.
3. (all to a ridiculous degree) adorned, decorated;