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plural barges
A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo. examples
A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions. examples
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. examples
One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars examples
The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table. examples
(US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat. examples
(US, dialect, dated) A large omnibus used for excursions. examples
third-person singular simple present barges, present participle barging, simple past and past participle barged
To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner. quotations examples
I mean I couldn't sit there on that desk for the rest of my life, and besides, I was afraid my parents might barge in on me all of a sudden and I wanted to at least say hello to her before they did.
1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Little, Brown and Company, page 209
In making this extension, the Metropolitan also built a connection from Farringdon Street towards an overground railway that had just barged its way into the City from Kent. This railway was the London, Chatham & Dover.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, page 52
(transitive) To push someone. quotations examples
The home side were professionally going about their business and were denied a spot-kick when Dunne clumsily barged Nani off the ball.
2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC