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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Barge \Barge\, noun [OF. barge, F. berge, fr. LL. barca, for barica (not found), prob. fr. L. baris an Egyptian rowboat, fr. Gr. ?, prob. fr. Egyptian: cf. Coptic bari a boat. Cf. {Bark} a vessel.]
1. A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.
2. A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge.
3. A large boat used by flag officers.
4. A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat. [U.S.]
5. A large omnibus used for excursions. [Local, U.S.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
barge
noun: a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) [syn: {flatboat}, {hoy}, {lighter}]
verb
1: push one's way; "she barged into the meeting room" [syn: {thrust ahead}, {push forward}]
2: transport by barge on a body of water
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "barge": amble, boat, bowl along, bundle, bus, cart, clump, coach, drag, dray, ferry, float, flounce, foot, footslog, halt, haul, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, jog, jolt, jump, lighter, limp, lumber, lunge, lurch, mince, pace, paddle, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, prance, rack, raft, roll, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shamble, ship, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, sled, sledge, slink, slither, slog, slouch, stagger, stalk, stamp, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strut, stumble, stump, swagger, swing, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, trip, truck, trudge, van, waddle, wagon, wamble, wheelbarrow, wiggle, wobble
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