noun
barge
BAHJ
noun
1
A large flat-bottomed boat used to carry heavy goods, typically on rivers or canals.
"The barge carried coal slowly down the river."
verb
1
To move clumsily or rudely, pushing through or into something.
"He barged into the meeting without knocking."
"She barged past everyone to get to the front of the queue."
How to Use Barge
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither a slow, flat-bottomed cargo boat, or (as a verb) to push rudely into a place or conversation.
Common pairings
barge in
barge through
canal barge
Word Forms
barged past tense, barges plural, Barges plural, barges singular
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Etymology
From Old French barge, tracing back through Latin to an Ancient Greek word for an Egyptian boat, ultimately from Egyptian — a long journey for a small word.