A surname.

(slang, Britain) A man denoted by his taste for loud clothing and flashy cars.

plural of Barry boy

A peninsula in the Vale of Glamorgan county borough, in southern Wales. / A seaside resort and residential area within the town of Barry (OS grid ref ST1166).

One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Hastings. / One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Cassville.

A suburb of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1268).

A structure that bars passage. / An obstacle or impediment. / A boundary or limit.

(transitive) To block or obstruct with a barrier.

(uncountable) Sonic barrier, the sudden increase in drag (resistance) and other effects experienced by moving objects when their speed approaches that of sound or becomes supersonic (which used to be considered a barrier to higher speeds).

(physics) the barrier between two atomic nuclei, due to Coulomb repulsion, that has to be overcome for nuclear fusion to proceed