Bargename

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  A surname.

bargenoun/ˈbɑːd͡ʒ/

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  nauticaltransportA large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

  • Not far from the station can be seen one of the old barges of the Nar Navigation Company which has become so much a part of the bank it has a tree growing in it.
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  A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.

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  A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.

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  One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars

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  The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.

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  historicalA double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.

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  datedhistoricaldialectalA large bus used for excursions.

bargeverb/ˈbɑːd͡ʒ/

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  To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.

  • I mean I couldn't sit there on that desk for the rest of my life, and besides, I was afraid my parents might barge in on me all of a sudden and I wanted to at least say hello to her before they did.
  • In making this extension, the Metropolitan also built a connection from Farringdon Street towards an overground railway that had just barged its way into the City from Kent. This railway was the London, Chatham & Dover.
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  To push someone.

  • The home side were professionally going about their business and were denied a spot-kick when Dunne clumsily barged Nani off the ball.