Barging in

a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or p-ssengers; lighter.
a vessel of state used in pageants:
elegantly decorated barges on the grand c-n-l in venice.
navy. a boat reserved for a flag officer.
a boat that is heavier and wider than a sh-ll, often used in racing as a training boat.
new england (chiefly older use) . a large, horse-drawn coach or, sometimes, a bus.
to move clumsily; b-mp into things; collide:
to barge through a crowd.
to move in the slow, heavy manner of a barge.
to carry or transport by barge:
coal and ore had been barged down the ohio to the mississippi.
barge in, to intrude, especially rudely:
i hated to barge in without an invitation.
barge into,

also, barge in on. to force oneself upon, especially rudely; interfere in:
to barge into a conversation.
to b-mp into; collide with:
he started to run away and barged into a p-sser-by.

noun
a vessel, usually flat-bottomed and with or without its own power, used for transporting freight, esp on c-n-ls
a vessel, often decorated, used in pageants, for state occasions, etc
(navy) a boat allocated to a flag officer, used esp for ceremonial occasions and often carried on board his flagship
(jocular, derogatory) any vessel, esp an old or clumsy one
(austral, informal) a heavy or c-mbersome surfboard
verb
(informal) (intransitive) foll by into. to b-mp (into)
(transitive) (informal) to push (someone or one’s way) violently
(intransitive; foll by into or in) (informal) to interrupt rudely or clumsily: to barge into a conversation
(transitive) (sailing) to bear down on (another boat or boats) at the start of a race
(transitive) to transport by barge
(intransitive) (informal) to move slowly or clumsily
n.

c.1300, “small seagoing vessel with sails,” from old french barge, old provençal barca, from medieval latin barga, perhaps from celtic, or perhaps from latin -barica, from greek baris “egyptian boat,” from coptic bari “small boat.” meaning “flat-bottomed freight boat” dates from late 15c.
v.

“to journey by barge,” 1590s, from barge (n.). the form barge into and the sense “crash heavily into,” in reference to the rough handling of barges, dates from 1830s, american english. related: barged; barging.