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- [bahr-nee]
- /ˈbɑr ni/
- /ˈbɑː.ni/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bahr-nee]
- /ˈbɑr ni/
Definitions of barney word
- noun barney a noisy argument 3
- verb barney to argue or quarrel 3
- noun barney a loud argument or quarrel; altercation 3
- noun plural barney Informal. an argument. a prizefight. a fight or brawl. a blunder or mistake. 1
- noun plural barney a small locomotive used in mining and logging. 1
- noun plural barney Movie Slang. a heavily padded cover for a camera, used to reduce the camera noise so that it will not be picked up by the sound-recording equipment. 1
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Origin of barney
First appearance:
before 1860 One of the 29% newest English words
First recorded in 1860-65; perhaps special uses of Barney
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Barney
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
barney popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
barney usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for barney
noun barney
- argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
- spat — a pointed rod or bar for thrusting through and holding meat that is to be cooked before or over a fire.
- row — record
- quarrel — a square-headed bolt or arrow, formerly used with a crossbow.
- tiff — Tagged Image File Format
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