Usually means: Fictional character, often old-fashioned name.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word barnaby:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Barnaby: Wordnik
  2. Barnaby: Wiktionary
  3. Barnaby: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  4. Barnaby: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. barnaby: Dictionary.com
  6. Barnaby (comic strip), Barnaby (comics), Barnaby (comics Tintin), Barnaby (disambiguation), Barnaby: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Barnaby: Rhymezone
  8. Barnaby: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BARNABY, barnaby: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Barnaby)

▸ noun:  (archaic) A lively and fast-paced dance; (by extension) any quick and uneven movement.
▸ noun:  A male given name from Hebrew, from the medieval vernacular form of Barnabas.

Similar:
gambol, gambado, capriole, gambade, caperer, brawl, trot, prance, capering, tittup, more...

Opposite:
Ynarab

Types:
happy, sad, angry, disappointed, frustrated, excited, surprised, more...

Phrases:
Barnaby Rudge, barnaby bright, barnaby ross, Barnaby Kay, Barnaby Joyce, more...

Adjectives:
poor, old, dear, bold, fantastic, drunken, little, brave, sharp, richer, young



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Similar:
gambol, gambado, capriole, gambade, caperer, brawl, trot, prance, capering, tittup, more...

Opposite:
Ynarab

Types:
happy, sad, angry, disappointed, frustrated, excited, surprised, more...

Phrases:
Barnaby Rudge, barnaby bright, barnaby ross, Barnaby Kay, Barnaby Joyce, Barnaby Jones, Barnaby Clay, Barnaby Swire, Barnaby Thompson, Tom Barnaby, Barnaby Jack, more...

Adjectives:
poor, old, dear, bold, fantastic, drunken, little, brave, sharp, richer, young



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