: 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
Synonyms
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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 31 Mar. 2024
That includes seven floating cranes, 10 tugs, nine barges, eight salvage vessels and five Coast Guard boats, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
World Central Kitchen is using a barge and jetty made of rubble.
—Manuel Canales, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Eighteen of those collapses happened in the U.S. These include when barges being pushed by a towboat in dense fog hit and displaced the Big Bayou Canot railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama.
—NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Photos from the time show how one motorist was able to stop his car just inches from where the bridge fell into the water.
1993: Big Bayou Canot Bridge in Alabama
On Sept. 22, 1993, barges pushed by a towboat collided with the Big Bayou Canot Bridge near Mobile, Alabama.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
It’s built entirely of rock mined from a quarry and pushed off a barge into the ocean.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2024
Grainy footage released by the military showed a truck on a pier approaching the barge.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2024
The first ship, the Open Arms, which towed a barge to a makeshift jetty off Gaza on Friday, brought the territory the equivalent of about 10 truckloads of food — far less than the 500 trucks a day aid groups say are needed.
—David Segal, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 19 Jan. 2024
Right on cue, a bodybuilding drifter named Jackie (Katy O’Brian) barges into Lou’s life.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
The video shows Jay standing in the middle of his family room, facing away from where the officer had just barged in.
—Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
After five minutes or so, the bull is lassoed and led out of the ring, and the next animal barges out of the metal doors.
—Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
But to have 50,000 gallons of water barged in and pumped into the tank would’ve cost about five grand.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
Seven years after barging into Los Angeles amid a cacophony of catcalls, the Chargers finally figured out how to quiet the doubters, capture the buzz and take a significant bite out of the market.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
After students at a film school in Pune promoted the documentary screening, a group of more than 20 men barged onto campus on Tuesday, scuffled with students and set their posters aflame.
—Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
The news of hooded gunmen barging into a live television show and taking hostages in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city and chief port, reverberated around the world Tuesday.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024
Noun
According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the barge rammed into the bridge near the Kerr Lock & Dam on Saturday afternoon.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 31 Mar. 2024
That includes seven floating cranes, 10 tugs, nine barges, eight salvage vessels and five Coast Guard boats, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
World Central Kitchen is using a barge and jetty made of rubble.
—Manuel Canales, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Eighteen of those collapses happened in the U.S. These include when barges being pushed by a towboat in dense fog hit and displaced the Big Bayou Canot railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama.
—NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Photos from the time show how one motorist was able to stop his car just inches from where the bridge fell into the water.
1993: Big Bayou Canot Bridge in Alabama
On Sept. 22, 1993, barges pushed by a towboat collided with the Big Bayou Canot Bridge near Mobile, Alabama.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
It’s built entirely of rock mined from a quarry and pushed off a barge into the ocean.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2024
Grainy footage released by the military showed a truck on a pier approaching the barge.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2024
The first ship, the Open Arms, which towed a barge to a makeshift jetty off Gaza on Friday, brought the territory the equivalent of about 10 truckloads of food — far less than the 500 trucks a day aid groups say are needed.
—David Segal, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
Verb
Collier barged into the paint with reckless abandon and fired out to shooters.
—Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 19 Jan. 2024
Right on cue, a bodybuilding drifter named Jackie (Katy O’Brian) barges into Lou’s life.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
The video shows Jay standing in the middle of his family room, facing away from where the officer had just barged in.
—Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
After five minutes or so, the bull is lassoed and led out of the ring, and the next animal barges out of the metal doors.
—Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
But to have 50,000 gallons of water barged in and pumped into the tank would’ve cost about five grand.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
Seven years after barging into Los Angeles amid a cacophony of catcalls, the Chargers finally figured out how to quiet the doubters, capture the buzz and take a significant bite out of the market.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
After students at a film school in Pune promoted the documentary screening, a group of more than 20 men barged onto campus on Tuesday, scuffled with students and set their posters aflame.
—Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
The news of hooded gunmen barging into a live television show and taking hostages in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city and chief port, reverberated around the world Tuesday.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024
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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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