barny

English

Etymology 1

Noun

barny (plural barnies)

  1. An argument, a disagreement.
    • 1983, Marilyn Porter, Home, Work, and Class Consciousness, page 78:
      So he said she should have said, and we had a bit of a barny, like.

Etymology 2

barn +‎ -y

Adjective

barny (comparative barnier, superlative barniest)

  1. Barn-like.
    • 2006, W. S. Merwin, Summer Doorways: A Memoir, page 210:
      Everyone was breathing hard, and there was a barny smell in the room.

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.