ni noun, plural bar·neys.
1.
Informal.
a.
an argument.
b.
a prizefight.
c.
a fight or brawl.
d.
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.
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barney (ˈbɑːnɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a noisy argument |
| —vb | |
| 2. | chiefly (Austral), (NZ) to argue or quarrel |
| [C19: of unknown origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
barney
1859, British slang, "lark, spree, rough enjoyment," of uncertain origin. Later also "a fixed prize-fight."
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Slang Dictionary
Barney definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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barney definition
In Commonwealth hackish, "barney" is to fred as bar is to foo. That is, people who commonly use "fred" as their first metasyntactic variable will often use "barney" second. The reference is, of course, to Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble in the Flintstones cartoons.
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