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Definitions for Barge

[1] a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
[2] a vessel of state used in pageants: elegantly decorated barges on the Grand Canal in Venice.
[3] Navy . a boat reserved for a flag officer.
[4] a boat that is heavier and wider than a shell, often used in racing as a training boat.
[5] New England (chiefly Older Use ) . a large, horse-drawn coach or, sometimes, a bus.
[6] to move clumsily; bump into things; collide: to barge through a crowd.
[7] to move in the slow, heavy manner of a barge.
[8] to carry or transport by barge: Coal and ore had been barged down the Ohio to the Mississippi.
[9] barge in , to intrude, especially rudely: I hated to barge in without an invitation.
[10] 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.
[11] a vessel, usually flat-bottomed and with or without its own power, used for transporting freight, esp on canals
[12] a vessel, often decorated, used in pageants, for state occasions, etc
[13] navy a boat allocated to a flag officer, used esp for ceremonial occasions and often carried on board his flagship
[14] jocular , derogatory any vessel, esp an old or clumsy one
[15] Australian informal a heavy or cumbersome surfboard
[16] (intr foll by into ) informal to bump (into)
[17] (tr) informal to push (someone or one's way) violently
[18] (intr; foll by into or in) informal to interrupt rudely or clumsily to barge into a conversation
[19] (tr) sailing to bear down on (another boat or boats) at the start of a race
[20] (tr) to transport by barge
[21] (intr) informal to move slowly or clumsily

Words related to Barge

raft, ark, scow, dory, lighter, flatboat

Words nearby Barge

bargaining agent, bargaining chip, bargaining level, bargaining scope, bargaining unit, barge, barge couple, barge course, barge in, barge spike, bargeboard

Origin of Barge

1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French, perhaps < Latin *bārica; see bark3

Words that may be confused with Barge

barge, boat, canoe, cruise, ship, sailboat, ship, yacht

Word origin for Barge

C13: from Old French, from Medieval Latin barga , probably from Late Latin barca a small boat; see barque

Synonyms for Barge

raft, ark, dory, flatboat, lighter, scow, canal boat, freight ship