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barged

Variant of barge

noun

  1. a large boat, usually flat-bottomed, for carrying heavy freight on rivers, canals, etc.
  2. a large pleasure boat, esp. one used for state ceremonies, pageants, etc.
  3. a boat reserved for the use of a flag officer
  4. Slang any clumsy boat

transitive verb barged, barging

to carry by barge

intransitive verb

  1. to move slowly and clumsily
  2. to come or go (in or into) in a rude, abrupt, or clumsy way
  3. to collide heavily or clumsily; run (into)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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