Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to barney
Participle: barneyed
Gerund: barneying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | barney |
| you | barney |
| he;she;it | barneys |
| we | barney |
| you | barney |
| they | barney |
Perfect
| I | have barneyed |
| you | have barneyed |
| he;she;it | has barneyed |
| we | have barneyed |
| you | have barneyed |
| they | have barneyed |
Past
| I | barneyed |
| you | barneyed |
| he;she;it | barneyed |
| we | barneyed |
| you | barneyed |
| they | barneyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had barneyed |
| you | had barneyed |
| he;she;it | had barneyed |
| we | had barneyed |
| you | had barneyed |
| they | had barneyed |
Future
| I | will barney |
| you | will barney |
| he;she;it | will barney |
| we | will barney |
| you | will barney |
| they | will barney |
Future Perfect
| I | will have barneyed |
| you | will have barneyed |
| he;she;it | will have barneyed |
| we | will have barneyed |
| you | will have barneyed |
| they | will have barneyed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | barney |
| you | barney |
| he;she;it | barney |
| we | barney |
| you | barney |
| they | barney |
Perfect
| I | have barneyed |
| you | have barneyed |
| he;she;it | have barneyed |
| we | have barneyed |
| you | have barneyed |
| they | have barneyed |
Imperfect
| I | barneyed |
| you | barneyed |
| he;she;it | barneyed |
| we | barneyed |
| you | barneyed |
| they | barneyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had barneyed |
| you | had barneyed |
| he;she;it | had barneyed |
| we | had barneyed |
| you | had barneyed |
| they | had barneyed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would barney |
| you | would barney |
| he;she;it | would barney |
| we | would barney |
| you | would barney |
| they | would barney |
Perfect
| I | would have barneyed |
| you | would have barneyed |
| he;she;it | would have barneyed |
| we | would have barneyed |
| you | would have barneyed |
| they | would have barneyed |
Imperative
| you | barney |
| we | Let's barney |
| you | barney |
Verbs conjugated like 'barney'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'barney'
blarney,
carney,
bandy,
bane,
banner,
barber,
bare,
barge,
barken,
barn,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Etymology unknown. Often incorrectly thought to be Cockney rhyming slang from Barney Rubble (“trouble”, from the character Barney Rubble on The Flintstones), it actually dates back to the 19th century and its origin is unknown.
Sample Sentences
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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:]