Barge
WordNet
noun
(1) A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
verb
(2) Transport by barge on a body of water
(3) Push one's way
"She barged into the meeting room"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From Old French barge 'boat', from Medieval Latin barga, from Vulgar Latin barica, from Ancient Greek βάρις (báris) 'Egyptian boat', from Coptic bari 'small boat', from Ancient Egyptian bēre.
Noun
- A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo
- A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions
- A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel
- One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
- The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table
Verb
- To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.