: any of various boats: such as
a
: a roomy usually flat-bottomed boat used chiefly for the transport of goods on inland waterways and usually propelled by towing
b
: a large motorboat supplied to the flag officer of a flagship
c
: a roomy pleasure boat
especially
: a boat of state elegantly furnished and decorated
barged; barging
: to carry by barge
1
: to move ponderously or clumsily
2
: to thrust oneself heedlessly or unceremoniously
barged into the meeting
Examples of barge in a Sentence
Verb
He came rushing down the stairs, barging into the crowd of people at the bottom.
She barged through the door without even knocking.
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Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
On Saturday, dozens of spectators and journalists watched the tugs maneuver the barge into place while police kept boaters away from the site.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
John Annese, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Right on cue, Elon Musk barged in wearing a T-shirt and jeans — and played by SNL alum Mike Myers.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 1 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Last fall Vineyard Theatre premiered the Wind and the Rain: A Story About Sunny’s Bar, on a barge in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
On Saturday, dozens of spectators and journalists watched the tugs maneuver the barge into place while police kept boaters away from the site.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
Two of those snitches, Russo and Rubino, described the fake raid in detail, how the then-detective and two other men barged into the backroom parlor, smashed the screen of a Joker Poker machine, and left without making a single arrest or seizing a single piece of evidence.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Right on cue, Elon Musk barged in wearing a T-shirt and jeans — and played by SNL alum Mike Myers.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Barge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barge. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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barge
1 of 2 noun
: a broad flat-bottomed boat that is usually towed and used chiefly to transport goods in harbors and on rivers and canals
barge
2 of 2 verb
barged; barging
1
: to carry by barge
2
: to move or push oneself clumsily or rudely
barged right in
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