BARGE
What does "BARGE" mean?
A long flat-bottomed boat for carrying freight on canals and rivers.
Meanings
- A flat-bottomed vessel, usually unpowered and towed, used to move bulk goods on inland waterways. A coal barge inched up the canal behind the tug.
- To move forcefully and clumsily, intruding where one isn't wanted. He barged into the meeting without knocking. informal
- To collide with or shove past someone roughly. A stranger barged past her on the platform. informal
Word origin
From Old French 'barge', from Medieval Latin 'barga', possibly from Late Latin 'barica' and ultimately a small Egyptian boat; the verb 'to barge in' comes from the boat's heavy, unstoppable movement.
Remember it
A BARGE is so big it can't stop quickly - which is why 'to barge in' means to come crashing through.
A little poem
Loaded low and slow-
the barge owns the whole canal
by refusing to swerve.
haiku
Wordplay
- He barged into the room on the barge - one was a verb, one was a boat, and both ignored everyone in the way.
What it teaches
The heaviest movers turn the slowest - momentum makes you powerful and clumsy in the same motion.
Quick facts
What does BARGE mean?
A long flat-bottomed boat for carrying freight on canals and rivers.
Is BARGE a valid word?
Yes — BARGE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BARGE?
BARGE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BARGE come from?
From Old French 'barge', from Medieval Latin 'barga', possibly from Late Latin 'barica' and ultimately a small Egyptian boat; the verb 'to barge in' comes from the boat's heavy, unstoppable movement.
What can BARGE teach us?
The heaviest movers turn the slowest - momentum makes you powerful and clumsy in the same motion.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.