BARGE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin barca Date: 14th century any of various boats: as, a roomy usually flat-bottomed boat used chiefly for the transport of goods on inland waterways and usually propelled by towing, a large motorboat supplied to the flag officer of a flagship, a roomy pleasure boat, II. verb (~d; barging) Date: 1649 transitive verb to carry by ~, intransitive verb to move ponderously or clumsily, to thrust oneself heedlessly or unceremoniously