barge

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barge /b'ɑːrdʒ/ (barges barging barged)
1 [N-COUNT] also by N
A barge is a long, narrow boat with a flat bottom. Barges are used for carrying heavy loads, especially on canals.
Carrying goods by train costs nearly three times more than carrying them by barge.
2 [VERB] V into/through n
If you barge into a place or barge through it, you rush or push into it in a rough and rude way. (INFORMAL)
Students tried to barge into the secretariat buildings...
3 [VERB] V into/past n
If you barge into someone or barge past them, you bump against them roughly and rudely. (INFORMAL)
He barged past her and sprang at Gillian, knocking her to the floor.barge in
[PHRASAL VERB] V P, also V P on n
If you barge in or barge in on someone, you rudely interrupt what they are doing or saying. (INFORMAL)
I'm sorry to barge in like this, but I have a problem I hope you can solve.barge pole
also bargepole
[PHRASE] V inflects
If you say that you wouldn't touch something with a barge pole, you mean that you would not want to have anything to do with it, either because you do not trust it, or because you do not like it. (BRIT INFORMAL; in AM, use wouldn't touch something with a ten-foot pole)

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