barge
a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
a vessel of state used in pageants: elegantly decorated barges on the Grand Canal in Venice.
Navy. a boat reserved for a flag officer.
a boat that is heavier and wider than a shell, often used in racing as a training boat.
New England (chiefly Older Use). a large, horse-drawn coach or, sometimes, a bus.
to move clumsily; bump into things; collide: to barge through a crowd.
to move in the slow, heavy manner of a barge.
to carry or transport by barge: Coal and ore had been barged down the Ohio to the Mississippi.
barge in, to intrude, especially rudely: I hated to barge in without an invitation.
barge into,
Also barge in on. to force oneself upon, especially rudely; interfere in: to barge into a conversation.
to bump into; collide with: He started to run away and barged into a passer-by.
Origin of barge
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British Dictionary definitions for barge
/ (bɑːdʒ) /
a vessel, usually flat-bottomed and with or without its own power, used for transporting freight, esp on canals
a vessel, often decorated, used in pageants, for state occasions, etc
navy a boat allocated to a flag officer, used esp for ceremonial occasions and often carried on board his flagship
jocular, derogatory any vessel, esp an old or clumsy one
Australian informal a heavy or cumbersome surfboard
(intr foll by into) informal to bump (into)
(tr) informal to push (someone or one's way) violently
(intr; foll by into or in) informal to interrupt rudely or clumsily: to barge into a conversation
(tr) sailing to bear down on (another boat or boats) at the start of a race
(tr) to transport by barge
(intr) informal to move slowly or clumsily
Origin of barge
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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