gry

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/ɡɹaɪ̯/

verb

To have a slight bout or fit of ague (chills or shaking due to cold or fever).

OriginMiddle English gryen →
Less commonScrabble 7
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Meanings

gry1

verbgry (third-person singular simple present gries, present participle grying, simple past and past participle gried)

present singular third person gries · participle present grying · participle past gried · past gried

  1. dialectalTo have a slight bout or fit of ague (chills or shaking due to cold or fever).
noungry (plural gries)

plural gries

  1. A fit of ague.

gry2

noungry (plural gries)

plural gries

  1. archaicA small amount.
  2. archaicOne hundredth of an inch in the decimal system of measurement devised by John Locke

gry3

noungry (plural grys)

plural grys · alternative gry.

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of gray or grey (color).
adjectivegry (not comparable)

alternative gry.

  1. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of grey or gray (color).

GRY4

adjectiveGRY (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of gray (eye or hair color).

Origin

gry · verb, noun

  1. Middle Englishgryen“to shudder, shake, or convulse”
  2. Englishgry

From Middle English gryen (“to shudder, shake, or convulse”). Compare grue.

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gry · noun, adjective

Abbreviation of gray.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

gry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gry

MLA

“gry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gry. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gry.

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