barry

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈbæɹ.ɪ/
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/ˈbæɹ.ɪ/ · /ˈbæɹ.i/ · /ˈbɛɹ.i/ · /ˈbeɹ.i/ · /ˈbɑː.ɹi/ · /ˈbɑɹ.i/

Definition of barry

18 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A male given name from Irish.
    “Above left, Kathryn Bigelow with the cinemaphotographer Barry Ackroyd on the set of “The Hurt Locker.”
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name

  1. A male given name from Irish.
    “Above left, Kathryn Bigelow with the cinemaphotographer Barry Ackroyd on the set of “The Hurt Locker.”
  2. A surname from Irish derived from the given name, or from place names in Scotland and Wales.
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  14. A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.
  15. A diminutive of the male given name Barack.

noun

  1. A field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting of two different tinctures interchangeably disposed.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Traversed (transversely) by bars.
  2. Of a dyed material: having bars or bands of color.
    “[…] many examples of the degree of coverage of barry nylon with various ranges of dyes are listed […]”

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Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Barra, short form of Fionnbharr, from fionn (“white”) + barr (“head”).

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