different between harry vs chiack
harry
English
Etymology
From Middle English herien, harien (compare Walloon hairyî, old French hairier, harier), from Old English her?ian, from Proto-Germanic *harj?n? (compare Saterland Frisian ferheerje, German verheeren (“to harry, devastate”), Swedish härja (“ravage, harry”)), from *harjaz (“army”) (compare Old English here, West Frisian hear, Dutch heer, German Heer), from Proto-Indo-European *koryos (compare Middle Irish cuire (“army”), Lithuanian kãrias (“army; war”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (kara, “strife”), Ancient Greek ???????? (koíranos, “chief, commander”), Old Persian [script needed] (k?ra, “army”)). More at here (“army”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /hæ?i/, /h??i/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hæ?i/
- Rhymes: -æ?i
Verb
harry (third-person singular simple present harries, present participle harrying, simple past and past participle harried) (transitive)
- To plunder, pillage, assault.
- To make repeated attacks on an enemy.
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- "One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night,
- But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;
- Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,
- Then look for me by moonlight,
- Watch for me by moonlight,
- I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way."
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- To strip, lay waste, ravage.
- to harry this beautiful region
- 1896, John Burroughs, Birds and bees and other studies in nature
- A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.
- To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.
Derived terms
- harrier
Translations
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the English name Harry.
Adjective
harry (indeclinable)
- (slang, derogatory) cheesy, shabby, kitschy
Derived terms
- harrytur
- harryhandel
References
- “harry” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the English name Harry.
Adjective
harry (indeclinable)
- (slang, derogatory) cheesy, shabby, kitschy
Derived terms
- harrytur
- harryhandel
References
- “harry” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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chiack
English
Alternative forms
- chyack
Etymology
From chi-ike.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?aijæk/, /t?aijæk/
Verb
chiack (third-person singular simple present chiacks, present participle chiacking, simple past and past participle chiacked)
- (Australia) To taunt or tease in jest.
- 1987, Sheila Anderson, End of the Season, in Anna Gibbs, Alison Tilson (editors), Frictions, An Anthology of Fiction by Women, page 45,
- They were cheerful enough, liked a bit of chiacking, and the women enjoyed the bawdy undertones of their jokes.
- 2008, Helen Garner, The Art of the Dumb Question, in True Stories: Selected Non-Fiction, page 13,
- Most poignantly of all, though, when I get fed up with working alone, I remember Victorian high school staffrooms of the sixties and seventies: the rigid hierarchy with its irritations, but also the chiacking, the squabbles, the timely advice from some old stager with a fag drooping off his lip.
- 2008, Graeme Blundell, The Naked Truth: A Life in Parts, 2011, unnumbered page,
- We believed Melbourne?s two most extraordinary institutions were those of chiacking – taking the piss – and larrikinism. Although the latter would develop derogatory connotations, and chiacking was already beginning to die a slow death, sometimes perceived as offensive in its more alcoholic forms, especially by the women in our group.
- 1987, Sheila Anderson, End of the Season, in Anna Gibbs, Alison Tilson (editors), Frictions, An Anthology of Fiction by Women, page 45,
- (Britain) To taunt maliciously.
- The gang of youths chiacked the academic.
Synonyms
- hound
- taunt
- jeer
References
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