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.
carny (third-person singular simple present carnies, present participle carnying, simple past and past participle carnied)
(dialectal) To cajole, wheedle, or coax.
carny
(dialectal) Flattery.
• Caryn, Cryan
Source: Wiktionary
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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