barney

¹

[bahr-nee]

noun

plural

barneys 

1. Informal.

   1. an argument.

   2. a prizefight.

   3. a fight or brawl.

   4. a blunder or mistake.

2. a small locomotive used in mining and logging.

3. 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.

Barney

²

[bahr-nee]

noun

1. a first name, form of Bernard.

barney

/ ˈbɑːnɪ /

noun

1. a noisy argument

verb

1. to argue or quarrel

Word History and Origins

Origin of barney¹

First recorded in 1860–65; perhaps special uses of Barney

Word History and Origins

Origin of barney¹

C19: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

The 35-year-old added that she wanted to raise her young son Barney "to know how to treat women and know his own worth, so he doesn't feel he has to follow awful men online that are preying on vulnerable boys".

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"I want Barney to know he can talk to me about anything – that's the mother I want to be."

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"The city was there for us immediately - they didn't know us, they'd never met us, they didn't know our names, they wouldn't have even met Barney, but they were there for us the whole time."

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Judge Barney McElhom, who retired this year after more than 25 years, described non-fatal strangulation as some perpetrator's "weapon of choice".

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Barney Greenway, lead singer of Napalm Death, also from Birmingham, says the "density and the depth of the music they were making was completely new".

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