barge into

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

barge /bɑrdʒ/   n., v., barged, barg•ing. 
n. [countable]

1. Nautical, Naval Terms a flat-bottomed boat, usually pushed or towed, for carrying heavy freight or passengers.

v. 

2. [no object] to move aggressively and clumsily:
   The police began to barge through the crowd.
3. barge in, [no object] to intrude or interfere, esp. rudely:
   There's no need to barge in.
4. barge in on, [~ + in + on + object] to interrupt or interfere in, esp. rudely:
   She barged in on our meeting.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

barge  (bärj), n., v., barged, barg•ing. 
n. 

1. Nautical, Naval Terms a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers;
   lighter.
2. a vessel of state used in pageants:
   elegantly decorated barges on the Grand Canal in Venice.
3. [Navy.] a boat reserved for a flag officer.
4. Nautical, Sport a boat that is heavier and wider than a shell, often used in racing as a training boat.
5. Dialect Terms [New England. Chiefly Older Use.] a large, horse-drawn coach or, sometimes, a bus.

v.i. 

6. to move clumsily;
   bump into things;
   collide:
   to barge through a crowd.
7. to move in the slow, heavy manner of a barge.

v.t. 

8. Nautical, Naval Terms to carry or transport by barge:
   Coal and ore had been barged down the Ohio to the Mississippi.
9. barge in, to intrude, esp. rudely:
   I hated to barge in without an invitation.
10. barge into:
    • Also, barge in on. to force oneself upon, esp. rudely;
      interfere in:
      to barge into a conversation.
    • to bump into;
      collide with:
      He started to run away and barged into a passer-by.

• Latin *bārica; see bark³
• Middle French, perh.
• Middle English 1250–1300