BARNEY


Meaning of BARNEY in English

/bahr"nee/ , n. , pl. barneys .

1. Informal.

a. an argument.

b. a prizefight.

c. a fight or brawl.

d. a blunder or mistake.

2. a small locomotive used in mining and logging.

3. Motion Picture 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.

[ 1860-65; perh. special uses of BARNEY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .