harry — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

beautiful, bloody, dirty, failed, gentle, ill, late, left

The failed harry of the old neighborhood finally gave up his criminal ways.

VERB + HARRY

call, like, met, succeeded, trade, wake, waking

The angry mob continued to harry the politician wherever he went during the campaign.

HARRY + NOUN

', american, family, i'm, movie, partch, potter, region

I watched the Harry Potter movie last night with my family.

PREP.

in, on, since, through, up, with

The boss has been harrying me with constant emails all week long.

ADV.

ever, only, seriously, sharply, sometimes

The deadline seriously harried the team as they worked through the night.

Definitions

verb

1

To plunder, pillage, assault.

I repent me much , That so I harry'd him

2

To make repeated attacks on an enemy.

'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night, / But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; / Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day, / Then look for me by moonlight, / Watch for me by moonlight, / I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way.'

3

To strip, lay waste, ravage.

to harry this beautiful region

A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.

4

To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.

Chelsea also struggled to keep possession as QPR harried and chased at every opportunity, giving their opponents no time on the ball.

The Colombians' ire was raised even more 10 minutes later when the referee showed a yellow card to [James] Rodríguez – who was apoplectic at the decision – for an innocuous trip that was, as Rodríguez vociferously pointed out with multiple hand gestures, a first offense compared with Fernandinho's harrying.

noun

1

A menial servant; a sweeper.

name

1

A male given name.

Yet weep that Harry's dead, and so will I; / But Harry lives that shall convert those tears / By number into hours of happiness.

Henry now, what a soft swain your Henry is! the proper theme of gentle poesy; a name to fall in love withal; devoted at the font to song and sonnet, and the tender passion; a baptized inamorato; a christened hero. Call him Harry, and see how you ameliorate his condition. The man is free again, turned out of song and sonnet and romance, and young ladies' hearts. Shakspeare understood this well, when he wrote of prince Hal and Harry Hotspur. To have called them Henry would have spoiled both characters.

2

A male given name.

3

A male given name.

4

A male given name.

5

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in war

ravage

verb — annoy continually or chronically

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

play Old Harry

To play the devil; to make mischief.

By his accent and innocent style I detected he was not a colonial, so I got him to relate his history. He was an Englishman by birth, but had been to America, Spain, New Zealand, T

play Old Harry with

Synonym of play the devil with.

Example Bank

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01

I repent me much , That so I harry'd him

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02

'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night, / But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; / Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day, / Then l

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03

to harry this beautiful region

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04

Yet weep that Harry's dead, and so will I; / But Harry lives that shall convert those tears / By number into hours of happiness.

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05

Henry now, what a soft swain your Henry is! the proper theme of gentle poesy; a name to fall in love withal; devoted at the font to song and sonnet, and the tender passion; a baptized inamorato; a chr

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06

'I suppose you think I should call him Harry,' says Ruth. 'Harry? No. Ever since Harry bloody Potter that's been a nightmare.[…]

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, harry is marked as obsolete, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.