barge /bärj/

1. A flat-bottomed freight boat, with or without sails, used on rivers and canals
2. A lighter
3. A large pleasure-boat
4. The second boat of a man-of-war
5. A small sailing vessel (obsolete)

1. To move clumsily
2. To bump (with into)
3. To push one's way rudely

bargˈee noun

A bargeman

bargeˈman noun

Manager of a barge

bargeˈmaster noun

Proprietor of a barge

bargeˈpole noun

A pole for propelling a barge

barge in

1. To intrude
2. To interrupt

not touch with a bargepole

To refuse to have anything to do with

• write-offs
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• writer
• writeress
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• writerly
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• writer's block
• writer's cramp
• writership
• writerships
• Writer to the Signet
• writes
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• write up
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• writhe
• writhed
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• writhing
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