a large boat with a flat bottom, used for carrying goods and people on canals and rivers
verb [+adv./prep.] to move in an awkward way, pushing people out of the way or crashing into them:
[V] He barged past me to get to the bar. * [VN] They barged their way through the crowds.
PHRASALVERBS
barge in (on sb/sth) to enter a place or join a group of people rudely interrupting what sb else is doing or saying:
I hope you don't mind me barging in like this. * He barged in on us while we were having a meeting.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is barge a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, barge is tagged as noun.
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