Associations to the word «Harry»

Wiktionary

HARRY, verb. (transitive) To bother; to trouble.
HARRY, verb. To strip; to lay waste.
HARRY, proper noun. A male given name, also used as a pet form of Henry and Harold.
HARRY, proper noun. (rare compared to given name) A patronymic surname​.
HARRY HUN, proper noun. (UK) (derogatory) A name used to represent the German people.

Dictionary definition

HARRY, verb. Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers".
HARRY, verb. Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats