Definition of "barge" []

• A long, large, usually flatbottom boat for transporting freight that is generally unpowered and towed or pushed by other craft. (noun)
• A large, open pleasure boat used for parties, pageants, or formal ceremonies. (noun)
• A powerboat reserved for the use of an admiral. (noun)
• To carry by barge. (verb-transitive)
• To move about clumsily. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• ""I presume you want to tell us that you intend to go home, that the barge is yours, that the treasures are yours, and that you want to take everything with you and be our leader.""
• "I was given a flyer at the Joco malecon yesterday and according to someone whom I asked about it, the price has dropped considerably to ride the the barge from the Joco malecon to San Juan Cosala, or that is the destination according to my inexcusably bad Spanish."
• "$30 Million in barge revenues versus $7B fishing industry."