barny

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adjective

Barn-like.

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Meanings

barny1

nounbarny (plural barnies)

plural barnies

  1. AustraliaUKalternativeslangAlternative form of barney (“argument or fight”).

    So he said she should have said, and we had a bit of a barny, like.

    1983, Marilyn Porter, Home, Work, and Class Consciousness, page 78

barny2

adjectivebarny (comparative barnier, superlative barniest)

comparative barnier · superlative barniest

  1. Barn-like.

    Everyone was breathing hard, and there was a barny smell in the room.

    2006, W. S. Merwin, Summer Doorways: A Memoir, page 210

Origin

From barn + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

barny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barny

MLA

“barny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barny. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barny,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barny.

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