noun

A long flat-bottomed boat for carrying freight on canals and rivers, either under its own power or towed by another.

During slack water, tugs tow freight barges and rafts of logs through the narrows with scant room to manoeuvre.

lighter,canal boat,flatboat

verb

Move forcefully or roughly.

we can’t just barge into a private garden

push,shove,force,elbow,shoulder,jostle,bludgeon,bulldoze,muscle