barge

²barge

verb

bargedbarg·ing

Definition of BARGE

transitive verb

: to carry by barge

intransitive verb

1

: to move ponderously or clumsily

2

: to thrust oneself heedlessly or unceremoniously <barged into the meeting>

Examples of BARGE

1. He came rushing down the stairs, barging into the crowd of people at the bottom.
2. She barged through the door without even knocking.

First Known Use of BARGE

1649

Related to BARGE

Synonyms: lumber, clomp, clump, flog [British], flounder, galumph, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp, trudge

Antonyms: breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk

Related Words: drag, flop, haul; blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)

Near Antonyms: drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft

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