a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.

a vessel of state used in pageants

elegantly decorated barges on the Grand Canal in Venice.

Navy . a boat reserved for a flag officer.

a boat that is heavier and wider than a shell, often used in racing as a training boat.

New England (chiefly Older Use ) . a large, horse-drawn coach or, sometimes, a bus.

to move clumsily; bump into things; collide

to barge through a crowd.

to move in the slow, heavy manner of a barge.

to carry or transport by barge

Coal and ore had been barged down the Ohio to the Mississippi.

barge in, to intrude, esp. rudely

I hated to barge in without an invitation.

barge into,

Also, barge in on. to force oneself upon, esp. rudely; interfere in

to barge into a conversation.

to bump into; collide with

He started to run away and barged into a passer-by.

noun

ark , canal boat , dory , flatboat , freight ship , lighter , raft , scow , boat , ferry , flagship , lumber , lunge , lurch , ship , thrust , tow , vessel