Usually means: Foolish, eccentric, or crazy behavior.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word barmy:

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  1. barmy: Merriam-Webster
  2. barmy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. barmy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. barmy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. barmy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Barmy, barmy: Wordnik
  7. barmy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. barmy: Wiktionary
  9. barmy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. barmy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. barmy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. barmy: Dictionary.com
  13. Barmy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. barmy: Rhymezone
  15. barmy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. barmy: FreeDictionary.org
  17. barmy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. Barmy: The Word Detective
  19. barmy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. barmy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. barmy: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. barmy: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. barmy, barmy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. barmy: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Barmy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See barmier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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adjective:  (also figuratively) Containing, covered with, or pertaining to barm (“foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, used as leaven in brewing and making bread”).
adjective:  (figuratively) Bubbling with activity or excitement; active, excited.
adjective:  Crazy, mad; also, eccentric, odd, strange.
adjective:  Very foolish.

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