barny

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

barny (plural barnies)

1. (UK, Australia, slang) Alternative form of barney (“argument or fight”)
   • 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

• Bryan, ran by