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Barney

/ˈbɑːni/

A lark, a romp, some fun.

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📖 Definitions of "Barney"

noun

1
A lark, a romp, some fun.
2
A hoax, a humbug, something that is not genuine, a rigged or unfair sporting contest.
3
(Harvard University slang) A poor recitation.
4
A noisy argument.

verb

1
(Harvard University slang) To recite badly; to fail.
2
To argue, to quarrel.

adjective

1
Insane crazy, loony.

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shrimpnoun	Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.
barnetnoun	(Cockney rhyming slang) hair (on one's head)
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waynoun	(heading) To do with a place or places.
dognoun	A mammal of the family Canidae:
kids	a 1995 American drama film directed by Larry Clark in his directorial debut and written by Harmony Korine in his screenwriting debut.
scrapnoun	(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
argumentnoun	(countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
quarrelnoun	(countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
rownoun	A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
fightverb	(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
brawlnoun	A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
meleenoun	(especially military, gaming) A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
altercationnoun	(countable) An angry or heated dispute.
fracasnoun	A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
dust-upnoun	Alternative spelling of dustup. [(informal) A scuffle or fight.]
set-tonoun	(colloquial) A fight.