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argy-bargy

UK/ˈɑːdʒiˌbɑːdʒi/US/ˈɑɹdʒiˌbɑɹdʒi/

argy-bargy noun: a noisy disagreement, often with some fighting.

Noun

argy-bargy (countable and uncountable, plural argy-bargies)

  1. (UK) A noisy disagreement, often with some fighting
    • There was a wee bit of an argy-bargy outside the pub.
    • At least if you adopt a zero tolerance approach, when you next see a banner advertising “CD’s, DVD’s, Video’s, and Book’s”, you won’t just stay indoors getting depressed about it. Instead you will engage in some direct-action argy-bargy!2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “Introduction – The Seventh Sense”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London: Profile Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 29

Verb

argy-bargy (third-person singular simple present argy-bargies, present participle argy-bargying, simple past and past participle argy-bargied)

  1. (UK) To argue.
    • Ten minutes at the least did she stand at the door argy-bargying with that man.1897, J. M. Barrie, chapter 6, in Margaret Ogilvy

argy-bargy meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

argy-bargy in Tamil

கடுஞ்சொல்லாடல்

argy-bargy in Malayalam

ഒച്ചവച്ചുള്ള വഴക്ക്

Synonyms of argy-bargy

Forms of argy-bargy

Noun
pluralargy-bargies
alternative formargie bargie
alternative formargie-bargie
alternative formargy bargy
Verb
third-person singular presentargy-bargies
present participleargy-bargying
past participleargy-bargied
pastargy-bargied

Origin of argy-bargy

From Scots, variant of argle-bargle, documented since 1822, presumably due to replacement of -le (“frequentative”) with -y (“diminutive”), documented since 1857, but without effect on the meaning.

Questions about argy-bargy

What does argy-bargy mean?
Argy-bargy means a noisy disagreement, often with some fighting.
What is argy-bargy in Tamil?
Argy-bargy in Tamil is கடுஞ்சொல்லாடல். See Argy-bargy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is argy-bargy?
Argy-bargy can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce argy-bargy?
Argy-bargy is pronounced /ˈɑɹdʒiˌbɑɹdʒi/ (US).
What is the plural of argy-bargy?
The plural of argy-bargy is argy-bargies.

Words near argy-bargy in the dictionary

  1. arguteness
  2. argutite
  3. argy
  4. argy-bargied
  5. argy-bargies
  6. argy-bargy
  7. argy-bargying
  8. argying
  9. argyle
  10. argyles
  11. argyll

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: argy-bargy (page history and authors); argy-bargy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); argy-bargy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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