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barcade en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /bɑɹˈkeɪd/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Blend of bar + arcade. A chain of arcade bars by this name first opened in Brooklyn in 2004.

Meanings

1. A bar (drinking establishment) equipped with video arcade games.
   • Gaming itself becomes a destination event, taking place at barcades and board game cafes. 2020, Terri Toles Patkin, Matthew Wilhelm Kapell, Who's in the Game?, page 27:
   • For a good time in the evening, hit up a barcade, a nightspot that's puntastically exactly what it sounds like — a bar with a ton of old-school coin-operated pinball and arcade cabinets (I'd bet my quarters there's one near you). 2020, Sam Maggs, The Fangirl's Guide to the Universe: A Handbook for Girl Geeks, page 42:
   • Glen “Hooping Cough” Hodges is proprietor and manager of Nine Chakras, the new retro gaming barcade in town. 2019, Darren Johnson, Darren Johnson's Best Short Stories of 2018:

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