English

Alternative forms

• carnie

Noun

carny ‎(plural carnies)

1. A person who works in a carnival.
   • 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:

     Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!”

2. The jargon used by carnival workers.

Synonyms

• showie (Australia)

Translations

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• zarny (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьrnъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtsarnɨ]

Adjective

carny

1. black

Declension

Derived terms