Meanings
nounbarfly (plural barflies)
plural barflies · alternative bar fly
- derogatoryslangA person who spends much time in a bar or similar drinking establishment
- derogatoryslangA promiscuous person, especially a woman, who frequents bars hoping to find sexual partners
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Arabic زبون بارات أو حانات الخمر
- زبون بارات أو حانات الخمرperson who spends much time in a bar
Chinese Mandarin 酒吧的常客
- 酒吧的常客person who spends much time in a bar
Dutch tooghanger
- tooghangerperson who spends much time in a bar
Finnish baarikärpänen
- baarikärpänenperson who spends much time in a bar
French pilier de bar, pilier de comptoir
- pilier de barperson who spends much time in a bar
- pilier de comptoirperson who spends much time in a bar
German Kneipenhocker
- Kneipenhockerperson who spends much time in a bar
Korean 바의 단골
- 바의 단골person who spends much time in a bar
Polish ćma barowa
- ćma barowaperson who spends much time in a bar
Portuguese botequeiro
- botequeiroperson who spends much time in a bar
Romanian chefliu, petrecăreț
- chefliuperson who spends much time in a bar
- petrecărețperson who spends much time in a bar
- stâlp de cafeneaperson who spends much time in a bar
Spanish parroquiano, borracho
- parroquianoperson who spends much time in a bar
- borrachoperson who spends much time in a bar
- cierrabaresperson who spends much time in a bar
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Cite this entry
APA
barfly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barfly
MLA
“barfly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barfly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barfly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barfly.
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