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Barry

[ bar-ee ]

noun

  1. Sir Charles, 1795–1860, English architect.
  2. John, 1745–1803, American naval commander in the Revolution.
  3. Leonora Marie Kearney Mother Lake, 1849–1930, U.S. labor leader and social activist, born in Ireland.
  4. Philip, 1896–1949, U.S. playwright.
  5. a first name: from an Irish word meaning “spear.”


Barry

1

/ ˈbærɪ /

noun

  1. a port in SE Wales, in Vale of Glamorgan county borough on the Bristol Channel. Pop: 50 661 (2001)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Barry

2

noun

  1. ˈbærɪ BarrySir Charles17951860MEnglishARCHITECTURE: architect Sir Charles . 1795–1860, English architect: designer of the Houses of Parliament in London
  2. bari BarryComtesse du Comtesse du . See du Barry
  3. BarryJohn19332011MBritishMUSIC: composer of film scores John, real name John Barry Prendergast. 1933–2011, British composer of film scores, including several for films in the James Bond series
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

barry

3

/ ˈbærɪ /

noun

  1. slang.
    a mistake or blunder; a disappointing performance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Barry1

rhyming slang for shocker
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Example Sentences

Luci’s co-founders, Jered and Barry Dean, started the firm in 2017 after researching ways to improve life in a power wheelchair for Barry’s daughter, Katherine.

While Barry was already there when the storm struck, it’s his conduct afterward that rubbed many the wrong way.

“I’m thrilled to be joining ProPublica to further its mission of producing high-quality investigative journalism that holds the powerful to account,” Barry said.

After breakfast, we packed up and went over to the coast, to the highly recommended Horsfall Beach, which, if Barry had ever set foot on since 1975, it was only in a nightmare.

In 2015, the private-equity firm North Castle Partners, which invests in Barry’s Bootcamp, Crunch Fitness, and Equinox, inked a deal with BKB.

Barry showed me his room—a one bedroom with a killer view of Riverbank State Park and the Hudson.

Random House is also covering the legal fees of an innocent man called Barry who was caught up in the storm.

Random House agreed that all future editions of the book will state that “Barry” was a pseudonym.

In “Barry,” an essay in Not That Kind of Girl, Dunham describes being sexually assaulted.

Nolte's Breitbart report on Dunham's "Barry" reeks of obliviousness.

They are unique; that lady there is the Du Barry—a portrait worth, alone, six thousand francs.

Bill Barry's statement that the cru-colored bovine was "lively" and could outrun his sorrel mare was, at least founded upon fact.

Bill Barry's taunt about cash payment touched the pride of some, but the outcome of the matter was predestined from the beginning.

Captain Barry, you may be sure, was not much pleased at this, for he was one of the men who love to be where fighting is going on.

By this time Captain Barry was tired enough of being penned up, and he made up his mind by hook or crook to get out of his cage.

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