Origin of barge

1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French, perhaps < Latin *bārica; see bark3

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH barge

barge boat canoe cruise ship sailboat ship yacht

British Dictionary definitions for barge in

barge
/ (bɑːdʒ) /

noun

verb

Word Origin for barge

C13: from Old French, from Medieval Latin barga, probably from Late Latin barca a small boat; see barque

Idioms and Phrases with barge in

barge in

Enter rudely or abruptly, intrude. For example, Her mother never knocks but just barges in. The term is also put as barge into or barge in on to mean interrupt, as in Who asked you to barge into our conversation? These phrases use to barge in the sense of “bump into” or “knock against,” which may allude to the propensity of these clumsy vessels to collide with other craft. [Late 1800s]