i Register
In some senses, barnaby is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
barnaby
noun 1name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
bright, own, regular
VERB + BARNABY
dance, name
BARNABY + NOUN
'ere, i'd
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
noun
1
A lively and fast-paced dance; (by extension) any quick and uneven movement.
Bounce cry the port-holes, out they fly And make the world dance Barnaby.
It was a regular Barnaby dance; I'd never seen anyone move so quickly. Before the culprit bolted out the door into the night,
name
1
A male given name from Hebrew, from the medieval vernacular form of Barnabas.
This day the sun is in his chiefest height With Barnaby the Bright.
The name Barnaby may strike the reader as out of place in so Celtic a pedigree; but this was an anglicisation of the true name, Brian Oge - - - Now, times are altered, and his anglicised descendants will probably begin to use Brian as a family name again, rejecting Barnaby as less respectable.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
601
Bounce cry the port-holes, out they fly And make the world dance Barnaby.
Wiktionary02
It was a regular Barnaby dance; I'd never seen anyone move so quickly. Before the culprit bolted out the door into the night,
Wiktionary03
"Owell gave me this. Said to get it to you in a Barnaby dance. 'Ere it is." His tongue scraped across his lower lip as he stared at Charity.
Wiktionary04
This day the sun is in his chiefest height With Barnaby the Bright.
Wiktionary05
The name Barnaby may strike the reader as out of place in so Celtic a pedigree; but this was an anglicisation of the true name, Brian Oge - - - Now, times are altered, and his anglicised descendants w
Wiktionary06
Barnaby liked his own name. He was proud of its differentness and would never answer to "Barney", or any other nickname.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
Your note
not saved0 chars