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har·ry
(hăr′ē)tr.v. har·ried, har·ry·ing, har·ries
1. To disturb, distress, or exhaust by repeated demands or criticism; harass. See Synonyms at harass.
2.
a. To attack or raid, as in war: Vikings harrying the coast.
b. To force along, as by attacks or blows: "Blue jays were chasing a squirrel, harrying the creature from tree to tree" (Paul Theroux).
3. To batter or buffet. Used of the wind or storms: The wind harried the trees.
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harry
(ˈhærɪ) orherry
vb, -ries, -rying or -ried
1. (tr) to harass; worry
2. (Military) to ravage (a town, etc), esp in war
[Old English hergian; related to here army, Old Norse herja to lay waste, Old High German heriōn]
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har•ry
(ˈhær i)v. -ried, -ry•ing. v.t.
1. to harass; annoy; torment.
2. to ravage (an area, town, etc.), as in war; devastate.
3. to push (a person) along; hurry forcefully or tormentingly.
v.i. 4. to make harassing incursions.
[before 900; Middle English herien, Old English her(g)ian (derivative of here army); c. Old Saxon heriōn, Old High German herjōn, Old Norse herja to harry, lay waste]
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harry
Past participle: harried
Gerund: harrying
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| Verb | 1. |  harry - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"needle, goad - goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get to - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" bedevil, dun, rag, torment, frustrate, crucify - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" haze - harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions |
| 2. | harry - make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes |
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harry
verb pester, trouble, bother, disturb, worry, annoy, plague, tease, torment, harass, hassle (informal), badger, persecute, molest, vex, bedevil, breathe down someone's neck, chivvy, give someone grief (Brit. & S. African), be on your back (slang), get in your hair (informal) He would exploit and harry his workers.
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harry
verb1. To disturb by repeated attacks:
2. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides:
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Translations
يُؤلِم، يُزْعِج، يُضايِق
sužovattrápit
chikanereplage
hrjá, valda áhyggjum
mocītplosīt
sužovať
eziyet etmek
Harry
[ˈhærɪ] N (familiar form) of Harold to play old Harry with → endiablar, estropearharry
[ˈhærɪ] VT (Mil) → hostilizar, hostigar; [+ person] → acosar, hostigarCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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harry
(ˈhӕri) verb to torment or worry frequently.
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