larry

¹ American  

[lar-ee] / ˈlær i /

noun

plural

larries

1. a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.

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larry ² American  

[lar-ee] / ˈlær i /

noun

plural

larries

1. larry car.

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Larry ³ American  

[lar-ee] / ˈlær i /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Lawrence, Laurence.

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Larry British  

/ ˈlærɪ /

noun

1. informal extremely happy

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Etymology

Origin of larry

First recorded in 1850–55; of obscure origin

Example Sentences

The theater foundation The Playwrights Sanctuary directed by St John's University's Dr larry Myers is helping with spirirtuality & onsite participation & empathy.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2017

Horror, larry cohen, populist, @gilbertcruz Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner A human gets pregnant by a vampire.

From Time • Nov. 19, 2011

They receive a huge paycheck for very little work, and then cry when the going gets rough. — larry Brokers should do something to earn their inflated commissions.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2010

A standard larry with a capacity of 8 tons, and the necessary scales for weighing accurately the coal charged and 290 coke produced, complete the equipment.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 by Wilson, Herbert M.

Really I don’t know whether I be upon my head or my heels, and my brain is all in a spin, wi’ being rafted up in such a larry!’

From The Hand of Ethelberta by Hardy, Thomas