93
**barge in** *phr v [I (on)]* to enter or rush in rudely; interrupt: *The door burst open and the children barged in.* | *He's always barging in on other people's conversations.*
**barg·ee** /baːˈdʒiː||bɑːr-/ *BrE* || **barge·man** /ˈbaːdʒmən||ˈbɑːrdʒ-/ *AmE* - *n* a person who drives or works on a barge on a CANAL
**ˈbarge pole** *n* **1** a long pole used in pushing along and guiding a barge **2 I wouldn't touch it/him/her etc with a barge pole** *BrE* || **with a ten-foot pole** *AmE* I want nothing to do with it/him/her etc
**bar graph** *n AmE* for BAR CHART
**bar-hop** /ˈbaːhɒp||ˈbɑːrhɑːp/ *v [I] AmE infml* to visit several bars, one after the other, and have alcoholic drinks at each bar; PUB-CRAWL *BrE: Dave and I went barhopping last Saturday night and got totally trashed.*
**Ba·rings Bank** /ˌbeərɪŋz ˈbæŋk/ $\to$ see LEESON, NICK
**bar·i·tone** /ˈbærətəʊn/ *n* (a man with) a male singing voice lower than TENOR and higher than BASS
**ba·ri·um** /ˈbeəriəm/ *n [U]* a soft silvery-white metal
**ˌbarium ˈmeal** *n* a chemical substance that people drink before they have X-RAYS so that their inner organs will show up more clearly
**bark¹** /baːk||bɑːrk/ *v* **1 [I (at)]** to make the short sharp loud sound that dogs and some other animals make: *The dog always barks at the postman.* **2 [T (OUT)]** to say (something) in a sharp loud voice: *The officer barked (out) an order.* **3 bark at the moon** *AmE* to make a great effort to do something useless **4 bark up the wrong tree** *infml* to direct one's efforts or actions at the wrong person or in the wrong direction; have a mistaken idea: *You're barking up the wrong tree if you think she'll be able to help you.*
**bark²** *n* **1** the sharp loud sound made by a dog $\to$ see also WOOF¹ **2 [C usually sing.]** a sound or voice like this: *the bark of the guns* **3 his bark is worse than his bite** *infml* he might shout a lot and seem frightening, but he is really quite nice
**bark³** *n [U]* the strong outer covering of a tree
**bark⁴** *v [T]* to rub the skin off (a knee, elbow etc), for example by falling: *She barked her shins against the wheelbarrow.*
**bark⁵, barque** *n* **1** a sailing ship with three MASTS having square sails on the first two and a three-cornered sail on the third **2** *lit* a small sailing ship of any type
**ˈbar ˌkeeper** *n AmE* BARMAN
**bark·er** /ˈbaːkəʳ||ˈbɑːrkər/ *n* a person who stands outside a place of public amusement, especially a CIRCUS shouting to people to come in
**Barker, Lin·da** /ˈlɪndə/ (1961-) a British INTERIOR DESIGNER (=someone whose job is to plan and choose the colours, materials, furniture etc for the inside of people's homes) who has appeared regularly on television in the home improvement programme *Changing Rooms* and in advertisements.
**Barker, Pat** (1943-) a British writer whose best-known novel, *Regeneration*, is about the lives of people who lived through the First World War. It was written in three parts, the last of which, *The Ghost Road*, won the Booker Prize in 1995.
**Barker, Ron·nie** /ˈrɒni||ˈrɑː-/ (1929-2005) a British actor and COMEDIAN who is best known for appearing in British television programmes during the 1980s such as *Porridge*, *Open All Hours*, and especially *The Two Ronnies*, in which he performed with Ronnie Corbett.
**Barker, Sue** /suː/ (1956-), a British tennis player who was one of the best in the world in the late 1970s. After she stopped playing tennis, she became a television sports PRESENTER.
**bar·king** /ˈbaːkɪŋ||ˈbɑːr-/ also **ˌbarking ˈmad** *adj BrE infml* completely crazy: *She's absolutely barking!*
**Bark·ley, Charles** /ˈbaːkli||ˈbɑːr-/ (1963-) an American BASKETBALL player who played FORWARD for several teams including the Philadelphia 76ers and the Phoenix Suns.
**bar·ley** /ˈbaːli||ˈbɑːrli/ *n [U]* a grasslike grain plant grown as a food crop for people and cattle, and also used in the making of alcoholic drinks, such as beer
**Barleycorn, John** $\to$ see JOHN BARLEYCORN
**barometer**
**ˈbarley ˌsugar** *n [C;U] BrE* a kind of sweet formerly made with barley, often eaten to prevent sickness during travelling
**ˈbarley ˌwater** *n [U] BrE* a drink made from barley and fruit juice
**ˌbarley ˈwine** *n [U]* especially *BrE* a type of very strong beer
**bar·maid** /ˈbaːmeɪd||ˈbɑːr-/ *n* especially *BrE* a woman who serves drinks in a BAR¹
**bar·man** /ˈbaːmən||ˈbɑːr-/ also **bartender, bar keeper** especially *AmE* - *n pl.* **-men** /-mən/ a man who serves drinks in a BAR¹
**bar mitz·vah** /ˌbaː ˈmɪtsvə||ˌbɑːr-/ *n* **1** the religious ceremony held when a Jewish boy reaches the age of 13, the age of religious duty and responsibility **2** a boy for whom this ceremony is held
**barm·y** /ˈbaːmi||ˈbɑːrmi/ *adj BrE infml* foolish or a little mad: *You must be barmy to go out playing football in weather like this.*
**barn** /baːn||bɑːrn/ *n* **1** a farm building for storing crops and food for animals, or for keeping animals in **2** *infml* a big bare plain building: *a great barn of a house* $\to$ see also DUTCH BARN
**bar·na·cle** /ˈbaːnəkəl||ˈbɑːr-/ *n* a small SHELLFISH which collects in large numbers on rocks and on the bottoms of ships, and which is hard to remove
**Bar·nard, Chris·ti·aan** /ˈbaːnɑːd||ˈbɑːrnɑːrd, ˈkrɪstʃən/ (1922-2001) a South African doctor who in 1967 performed the first ever heart TRANSPLANT (=an operation to take a heart from someone who has just died and put it into a living person)
**Bar·nar·do's** /bəˈnaːdəʊz||bərˈnɑːr-/ *n* a British organization whose aim is to help children and young people who do not have any parents or whose parents are unable to take care of them. In the past, Barnardo's used to have special homes for these children to live in. It now has centres that help young people with social problems, such as being HOMELESS or having been physically or sexually attacked by an adult living in their home.
**ˈbarn dance** *n* **1** a social gathering at which COUNTRY DANCES are performed, originally held in a barn **2** especially *BrE* a dance performed at such a gathering
**Barnes, Ju·li·an** /ˈbaːnz||ˈbɑːrnz, ˈdʒuːliən/ (1946-) a British writer whose NOVELS include *Metroland* and *Flaubert's Parrot*. He is very popular in Europe, and has been given LITERARY prizes in France and Germany, which is unusual for a British writer.
**ˌBarnes and ˈNoble** *trademark* a US company that sells books. It also has a WEBSITE on the Internet from which customers can order books.
**bar·net** /ˈbaːnət||ˈbɑːr-/ *n [C] BrE infml old-fash* the hair on your head
**bar·ney** /ˈbaːni||ˈbɑːrni/ *n [C usually sing.] infml, especially BrE* a noisy quarrel
**Barney** a character in a US television series for young children. Barney is a purple DINOSAUR who speaks in a very gentle way.
**barn·storm** /ˈbaːnstɔːm||ˈbɑːrnstɔːrm/ *v [I]* to travel from place to place making short stops to give theatre performances or make political speeches -- **-er** *n*
**barn·storm·ing** /ˈbaːnˌstɔːmɪŋ||ˈbɑːrnˌstɔːr-/ *adj [A]* done with a lot of energy and very exciting to watch: *a barnstorming speech*
**Bar·num, P.T.** /ˈbaːnəm||ˈbɑːr-/ (1810-91) a US businessman who started the American Museum, where he charged people to look at strange-looking humans such as the first SIAMESE TWINS, Chang and Eng, and the MIDGET (=a very small person), General Tom Thumb. He is known especially for starting a circus called *The Greatest Show on Earth*, and later the Barnum and Bailey Circus. He was one of the first businessmen to understand the importance of PUBLICITY and was famous for saying 'There's a sucker born every minute'.
**barn·yard** /ˈbaːnjaːd||ˈbɑːrnjɑːrd/ *n* a FARMYARD
**ba·rom·e·ter** /bəˈrɒmɪtəʳ||-ˈrɑː-/ *n* **1** an instrument for measuring the air pressure in order to judge probable changes in the weather or to calculate height above sea