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carnies

carnies is the plural of carny.

carnies is the plural of carnie.

carnies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of carny.

Meaning of carny

Noun (1)

carny (countable and uncountable, plural carnies)

  1. (countable, informal) A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).
    • The Reverend Foster, self-ordained—or directly ordained by God, depending on authority cited—had an instinct for the pulse of his times stronger than that of a skilled carnie sizing up a mark.1961, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, →OCLC, page 276
    Synonyms:
    showie
  2. (uncountable) The jargon used by carnival workers.
  3. (countable, informal) A carnival.

Noun (2)

carny

  1. (dialectal) Flattery.

See all 5 meanings of carny

Meaning of carnie

Noun

carnie (plural carnies)

  1. (derogatory, slang) Synonym of carnist.
    Synonyms:
    carnist

Questions about carnies

What is carnies the plural of?
Carnies is the plural of carny.

Words near carnies in the dictionary

  1. carnid
  2. carnidazole
  3. carnids
  4. carnie
  5. carnied
  6. carnies
  7. carniferous
  8. carnifex
  9. carnifexes
  10. carnification
  11. carnifications

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carnies (page history and authors); carny (page history and authors); carnie (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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