Gary

plural Garys

1. countableuncountableA male given name from the Germanic languages, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s; variant form Garry.

   Dressed up like a million dollar trooper / Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper

   1930, Irving Berlin, “Puttin' On The Ritz”

   2 more examples

   "Gary's an awful name. Whatever he's like. It reminds me of a G.I. man with a crew cut, and 'Mom' tattooed on his chest, and lots of pin-up pictures on his wall."

   1964, Anne Tyler, If Morning Ever Comes, Severn House, published 1983, page 52

   Call it a brain freeze, another “Aleppo moment,” or a mere campaign stumble, but Gary Johnson has stumbled again in his quixotic presidential campaign.

   2016 September 29, Josh Lederman, Patrick Mairs, “Brain freeze? Gary Johnson can’t name favorite world leader”, in PBS NewsHour, Associated Press, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2018

2. countableuncountableA surname from Middle English [in turn originating as a patronymic]; variant form Garry.
3. Numerous places in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableA city in Lake County, Indiana, named after American judge and businessman Elbert Henry Gary.

      Gary, Indiana! ¶ What a wonderful name ¶ Named for Elbert Gary of judiciary fame ¶ Gary, Indiana, as a Shakespeare would say ¶ Trips along softly on the tongue this way--

      1957 December 19, Meredith Willson, “Gary, Indiana”, in The Music Man

   2. countableuncountableA neighbourhood of Tampa, Florida.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
   4. countableuncountableA minor city in Norman County, Minnesota, named after Garrett L. Thorpe.
   5. countableuncountableA city in Deuel County, South Dakota.
   6. countableuncountableA minor city in McDowell County, West Virginia, named after American judge and businessman Elbert Henry Gary.
   7. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Gary City: a town in Panola County, Texas, United States.

plural Garys

1. Synonym of Gary Glitter (“anus”).

   He did him up the Gary, he did.

   Synonyms: Gary Glitter