carny

== English == === Alternative forms === carney carnie === Etymology 1 === Clipping of carnival + -y (“diminutive, hypocoristic suffix”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ)ni/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ni ==== Noun ==== carny (countable and uncountable, plural carnies) (informal, countable) A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud). Synonym: showie (Australia) (uncountable) The jargon used by carnival workers. (informal, countable) A carnival. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Of unknown origin. ==== Alternative forms ==== carney ==== Verb ==== carny (third-person singular simple present carnies, present participle carnying, simple past and past participle carnied) (dialectal) To cajole, wheedle, or coax. Synonyms: butter up, inveigle, sweet-talk; see also Thesaurus:coax ==== Noun ==== carny (dialectal) Flattery. Synonyms: blandishment, sycophancy; see also Thesaurus:flattery ==== References ==== “carny”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Anagrams === nacry, Cryan, Caryn, Cyran == Lower Sorbian == === Alternative forms === zarny (obsolete) === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *čьrnъ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡sar.nɨ/ Rhymes: -arnɨ Syllabification: car‧ny === Adjective === carny black ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “carny”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008 Starosta, Manfred (1999), “carny”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag