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barney

1

[bahr-nee]

noun

plural

barneys 
  1. Informal.

    1. an argument.

    2. a prizefight.

    3. a fight or brawl.

    4. a blunder or mistake.

  2. a small locomotive used in mining and logging.

  3. Movie Slang.a heavily padded cover for a camera, used to reduce the camera noise so that it will not be picked up by the sound-recording equipment.



Barney

2

[bahr-nee]

noun

  1. a first name, form of Bernard.

barney

/ ˈɑːɪ /

noun

  1. a noisy argument

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to argue or quarrel

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of barney1

First recorded in 1860–65; perhaps special uses of Barney
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of barney1

C19: of unknown origin
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But then, even the most meticulous research had failed to turn up that Dever’s father, Tim, voiced Bob the Builder, as well as another icon of children’s television, Barney the Dinosaur.

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Playwright Barney Norris, who adapted Second Best for the stage, spoke to a dozen men who were all in the final stages of playing Harry back in 2000.

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"There is still this idea that if it is green, it is automatically good," says Joanna Barney, director of environment, energy and communities at Colombian think tank Indepaz.

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"We call it the 'wind wars'," says Ms Barney.

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Openly gay Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank sponsored the bill and offered a lengthy defense of his decision to remove protections for transgender people from ENDA.

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