lurry

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verb

To lug or pull about.

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Meanings

lurry1

verblurry (third-person singular simple present lurries, present participle lurrying, simple past and past participle lurried)

present singular third person lurries · participle present lurrying · participle past lurried · past lurried

  1. transitiveTo lug or pull about.
nounlurry (plural lurries)

plural lurries

  1. alternativebusinessAlternative form of lorry (“type of cart”).

lurry2

verblurry (third-person singular simple present lurries, present participle lurrying, simple past and past participle lurried)

present singular third person lurries · participle present lurrying · participle past lurried · past lurried

  1. transitiveTo daub; dirty.

lurry3

nounlurry (plural lurries)

plural lurries

  1. obsoleteA confused heap; a throng or jumble, as of people or sounds.

    to turn prayer into a kind of lurry

    1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC
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    How durſt you Rogues take the opinion / To vapor here in my Dominion, / Without my leave, and make a lurry, / That men cannot be quiet for ye!

    1664, Charles Cotton, Scarronides
verblurry (third-person singular simple present lurries, present participle lurrying, simple past and past participle lurried)

present singular third person lurries · participle present lurrying · participle past lurried · past lurried

  1. intransitiveTo hurry carelessly.

Lurry4

proper nounLurry (plural Lurrys)

plural Lurrys

  1. A surname.

Origin

lurry · verb, noun

Of obscure origin. See lorry.

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lurry · noun, verb

Shortened form of liripipe.

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APA

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MLA

“lurry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lurry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lurry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lurry.

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