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barneying

barneying is the present participle and gerund of barney.

Meaning of barney

Verb

barney (third-person singular simple present barneys, present participle barneying, simple past and past participle barneyed)

  1. (obsolete, Harvard University slang) To recite badly; to fail.
    • What avails it to make a shine in Greek if the next hour one does a barney in calculus.1947, Samuel Hopkins Adams, Banner by the Wayside
  2. (Australia, UK) To argue, to quarrel.
    Synonyms:
    bicker

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Questions about barneying

What is barneying the present participle and gerund of?
Barneying is the present participle and gerund of barney.

Words near barneying in the dictionary

  1. Barney style
  2. barney-mugging
  3. Barney-style
  4. barneyed
  5. Barneyesque
  6. barneying
  7. barneymugging
  8. barneys
  9. Barneys Reef
  10. Barnfield
  11. Barnfields

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