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[ bahrj ] / bɑrdʒ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR barge ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna 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. verb (used without object), barged, barg·ing.to move clumsily; bump into things; collide: to barge through a crowd. to move in the slow, heavy manner of a barge. verb (used with object), barged, barg·ing.to carry or transport by barge: Coal and ore had been barged down the Ohio to the Mississippi. Verb Phrasesbarge 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 barge1250–1300; Middle English <Middle French, perhaps <Latin *bārica;see bark3 WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bargebarge , boat, canoe, cruise ship, sailboat, ship, yachtWords nearby bargebargaining chip, bargaining level, bargaining scope, bargaining unit, bargain on, barge, bargeboard, barge couple, barge course, bargee, barge in Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bargeChoices range from speedy, lightweight e-commuters to ponderous kid-hauling land barges called cargo bikes. Do You Want to Buy an E-Cargo Bike? Read This First.|Joe Lindsey|August 30, 2020|Outside Online I wandered around aimlessly for a while, then gave the goose to an acquiescent hippy on a barge. The Life and Art of Radical Provocateur—and Commune Leader—Otto Muehl|Anthony Haden-Guest|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST The offices are on a barge that has floated in the river since 1976, but which is on dry land today. Climate Change Hits the Mississippi River|David Frum|January 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST She had no need for magic arts and charms given her barge with gilded stern and soaring purple sails. All Hail Cleopatra!|Michael Korda|November 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
When in doubt, barge into the meeting, argue, then call him out on sleeping in his office. Eulogy for Don Draper's Secretary|The Daily Beast Video|September 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST It has made me quite as happy to get this barge for you, and to make it comfortable, as it can do you both to receive it. The Lost Heir|G. A. Henty They went to unload shakes and poles for stable from a barge. An Artilleryman's Diary|Jenkin Lloyd Jones The third person in the stern-sheets of the barge was Mr. Augustus Pelham. Up The Baltic|Oliver Optic "A barge is ready to conduct you to the shore," continued the admiral, leading the young soldier to the side of the vessel. Calavar|Robert Montgomery Bird A barge came up, breaking the floating ice and the silence, and a woman steered it. The Uncommercial Traveller|Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for barge
nouna 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 verb(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 clumsilyto 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 Word Origin for bargeC13: from Old French, from Medieval Latin barga, probably from Late Latin barca a small boat; see barque Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bargeraft, ark, scow, dory, lighter, flatboat, canal boat |