Terry
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terry¹
- /ˈtɛɹi/
Rhymes with -ɛɹi
Where it comes from
Of uncertain origin, possibly French tiré (“drawn out”), past participle of tirer (“to draw out”).
noun terries
- A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that is used to make towels, bathrobes and some types of nappy/diaper.
- Any makeshift cloth nappy folded from a large piece of absorbent fabric and held in place by a nappy pin or nappy fastener; a flat nappy.
Similar: terrycloth, terry cloth
terry²
- /ˈtɛɹi/
Rhymes with -ɛɹi
Where it comes from
Contraction of terrorist.
noun terries
- A terrorist
Terry³
- /ˈtɛɹi/
Rhymes with -ɛɹi
proper noun Tarry · Torry · Teri · Terri · Terrie
- A surname originating as a patronymic from the medieval Norman given name Thierry, a cognate of the English Derek.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages transferred back from the surname, or a diminutive of Terence or of any of its alternative forms. Tao was a voracious consumer of fantasy books like Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. When a class was boring, he doodled intricate maps of imaginary lands.
- A male given name from Latin derived from the Latin for the third ("tertius") given to a third child or a child whose name has the suffix III.
- A female given name, diminutive of Teresa or any of its alternative forms.
- An unincorporated community in Leopold Township, Perry County, Indiana.
- A township in Finney County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana.
- A town in Hinds County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in St. Clair County, Missouri.
- A ghost town in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
- A small town, the county seat of Prairie County, Montana.
- An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
