barcade
/bɑɹˈkeɪd/
barcade noun: a bar (drinking establishment) equipped with video arcade games.
Noun
barcade (plural barcades)
- A bar (drinking establishment) equipped with video arcade games.
- Glen “Hooping Cough” Hodges is proprietor and manager of Nine Chakras, the new retro gaming barcade in town.2019, Darren Johnson, Darren Johnson's Best Short Stories of 2018
- For a good time in the evening, hit up a barcade, a nightspot that's puntastically exactly what it sounds like — a bar with a ton of old-school coin-operated pinball and arcade cabinets (I'd bet my quarters there's one near you).2020, Sam Maggs, The Fangirl's Guide to the Universe: A Handbook for Girl Geeks, page 42
Forms of barcade
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Origin of barcade
Blend of bar + arcade. A chain of arcade bars by this name first opened in Brooklyn in 2004.
Questions about barcade
- What does barcade mean?
- Barcade means a bar (drinking establishment) equipped with video arcade games.
- What part of speech is barcade?
- Barcade is a noun.
- How do you pronounce barcade?
- Barcade is pronounced /bɑɹˈkeɪd/ (US).
- What is the plural of barcade?
- The plural of barcade is barcades.
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