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   barney

   /ˈbɑːni/

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   • 1. a quarrel, especially a noisy one: informal British "we had a barney about his being drunk"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: of unknown origin.

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   What is the meaning of Barney?

   • bar•ney (ˈbɑr ni) n., pl. -neys. 1. Informal. a. an argument. b. a fight or brawl. 2. a small locomotive.

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   What is the meaning of Barney in German?

   • barney n(esp Brit inf: = noisy quarrel) → Krachm (inf); (= punch-up)→ Schlägereif, → Keilereif (inf) Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007 Want to thank TFD for its existence?

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   What was a Barney used for?

   • Now chiefly historical. Barneys were typically used to lift railway cars filled with coal or ore. The Mahanoy Inclined Plane requiring the services of a steel rope and a ‘ barney engine’ to draw or lower the railway trains. The barney runs on an unusual narrow-gauge system between the standard-gauge tracks.

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   What did Barney see?

   • Barney straightened up quickly and saluted, but did not stop. Barney showed me his trout, that gen'rally keeps in a deep pool, where a tree has fallen over the stream down there. Barney looked up in amazement and saw drifting down on the current of the river a raft upon which was a half-naked man. Barney looked up in her face.

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   Sep 17, 1999 · The meaning of BARNEY is an angry argument : altercation, row. How to use barney in a sentence.

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   noun [ C ] mainly UK informal uk / ˈbɑː.ni / us / ˈbɑːr.ni / Add to word list. a loud argument. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Arguments & disagreements. argument. argy-bargy. be (on) non-speakers idiom. belligerence. bickering. blow (someone/something) up. bust up. clash. conflict. contentiousness. cut and thrust idiom. ding-dong.

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   noun. , plural bar·neys. Informal. an argument. a prizefight. a fight or brawl. a blunder or mistake. a small locomotive used in mining and logging. 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 ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA.

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   noun [ C ] mainly UK informal us / ˈbɑːr.ni / uk / ˈbɑː.ni / a loud argument. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Arguments & disagreements. argument. belligerence. bickering. blow up. conflict. contentiousness. contestable. counter-argument. ding-dong. disagreement. disharmony. dissension. feud. infighting. misunderstanding.

7. www.theinertia.com › culture › here-are-3-theoriesHere Are 3 Theories About the Origin of the Word ‘Barney’

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   Aug 31, 2016 · Barney Fife, from The Andy Griffith Show, was a lovably flighty deputy that served as the show’s comic relief. To call someone a ‘Barney’, i.e. a bumbling idiot, would make sense here.

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   barney noun. Meaning & use. 1. 1834–. Chiefly U.S. slang. A derogatory term for a man. Originally: a worthless or contemptible man (now rare ). In later use: an inept, unfashionable, or unattractive man, a loser; (sometimes, spec.) a clumsy or inexperienced surfer. 1834.

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   Define barney. barney synonyms, barney pronunciation, barney translation, English dictionary definition of barney. n a noisy argument vb chiefly Austral and NZ to argue or quarrel Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins...