Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to argy-bargy
Participle: argy-bargied
Gerund: argy-bargying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | argy-bargy |
| you | argy-bargy |
| he;she;it | argy-bargies |
| we | argy-bargy |
| you | argy-bargy |
| they | argy-bargy |
Perfect
| I | have argy-bargied |
| you | have argy-bargied |
| he;she;it | has argy-bargied |
| we | have argy-bargied |
| you | have argy-bargied |
| they | have argy-bargied |
Past
| I | argy-bargied |
| you | argy-bargied |
| he;she;it | argy-bargied |
| we | argy-bargied |
| you | argy-bargied |
| they | argy-bargied |
Pluperfect
| I | had argy-bargied |
| you | had argy-bargied |
| he;she;it | had argy-bargied |
| we | had argy-bargied |
| you | had argy-bargied |
| they | had argy-bargied |
Future
| I | will argy-bargy |
| you | will argy-bargy |
| he;she;it | will argy-bargy |
| we | will argy-bargy |
| you | will argy-bargy |
| they | will argy-bargy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have argy-bargied |
| you | will have argy-bargied |
| he;she;it | will have argy-bargied |
| we | will have argy-bargied |
| you | will have argy-bargied |
| they | will have argy-bargied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | argy-bargy |
| you | argy-bargy |
| he;she;it | argy-bargy |
| we | argy-bargy |
| you | argy-bargy |
| they | argy-bargy |
Perfect
| I | have argy-bargied |
| you | have argy-bargied |
| he;she;it | have argy-bargied |
| we | have argy-bargied |
| you | have argy-bargied |
| they | have argy-bargied |
Imperfect
| I | argy-bargied |
| you | argy-bargied |
| he;she;it | argy-bargied |
| we | argy-bargied |
| you | argy-bargied |
| they | argy-bargied |
Pluperfect
| I | had argy-bargied |
| you | had argy-bargied |
| he;she;it | had argy-bargied |
| we | had argy-bargied |
| you | had argy-bargied |
| they | had argy-bargied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would argy-bargy |
| you | would argy-bargy |
| he;she;it | would argy-bargy |
| we | would argy-bargy |
| you | would argy-bargy |
| they | would argy-bargy |
Perfect
| I | would have argy-bargied |
| you | would have argy-bargied |
| he;she;it | would have argy-bargied |
| we | would have argy-bargied |
| you | would have argy-bargied |
| they | would have argy-bargied |
Imperative
| you | argy-bargy |
| we | Let's argy-bargy |
| you | argy-bargy |
Verbs conjugated like 'argy-bargy'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'argy-bargy'
argle-bargle,
gay-marry,
abray,
air-dry,
arage,
arbitrage,
arear,
argentate,
argufy,
arraign,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Scots, variant of argle-bargle, documented since 1822, presumably due to replacement of -le (“frequentative”) with -y (“diminutive”), documented since 1857, but without effect on the meaning.
Sample Sentences
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Ten minutes at the least did she stand at the door argy-bargying with that man. [1897, J. M. Barrie, chapter 6, in Margaret Ogilvy:]