Tarry in Scrabble and Meaning

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You can make 18 words from tarry according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of tarry

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Definitions and meaning of tarry

tarry

Etymology 1

From Middle English tarien, terien (“to vex, harass, cause to hesitate, delay”), from Old English tirian, tirġan, terġan (“to worry, exasperate, pain, provoke, excite”), from Proto-Germanic *terganą, *targijaną (“to pull, tease, irritate”), from Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ- (“to pull, tug, irritate”). Cognate with Dutch tergen (“to provoke”), German zergen (“to vex, irritate, provoke”), Norwegian Bokmål terge (“to irritate, provoke”), Russian дёргать (djórgatʹ, “to pull, yank, jerk, pester”). Compare also Walloon tårdjî (“to be late, to be slow, to wait”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtæɹ.iː/
• (General American) enPR: tăr'ē
  • (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /ˈtæɹ.i/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜɹ.i/, /ˈteɹ.i/
  • Homophones: terry, Terry (all only in accents with the Mary–marry–merry merger)
• Rhymes: -æɹi

Verb

tarry (third-person singular simple present tarries, present participle tarrying, simple past and past participle tarried) (dated)

1. (intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.

   Synonyms: forestall, put off; see also Thesaurus:procrastinate
2. (intransitive) To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.

   Synonym: abide
3. (intransitive) To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.

   Synonyms: hang about, hang around, linger, loiter; see also Thesaurus:tarry
4. (intransitive) To stay somewhere temporarily.

   Synonyms: sojourn, stay, stay over, stop, stop over; see also Thesaurus:sojourn
5. (transitive) To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.

   Synonyms: await, wait on; see also Thesaurus:wait for

Alternative forms

• tarrow (Scotland)

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Translations

Noun

tarry (plural tarries)

1. A sojourn.

   Synonyms: stay, stop, stop-over

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English terrie, equivalent to tar +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑː.ɹi/, enPR: tä'rē
• Rhymes: -ɑːɹi

Adjective

tarry (comparative tarrier, superlative tarriest)

1. Resembling tar.

   Synonym: (in consistency) pitchy
2. Covered with tar.

   Synonyms: bituminized, pitchy

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “tarry”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967