lurry

See also: Lurry

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Of obscure origin. See lorry.

Verb

lurry (third-person singular simple present lurries, present participle lurrying, simple past and past participle lurried)

1. (transitive) To lug or pull about.
2. (transitive) To daub; dirty.

Noun

lurry (plural lurries)

1. (mining) Alternative form of lorry (“type of cart”)

Related terms

• lorry

Etymology 2

Shortened form of liripipe.

Noun

lurry (plural lurries)

1. (obsolete) A confused heap; a throng or jumble, as of people or sounds.
   • 1664, Charles Cotton, Scarronides:

     How durſt you Rogues take the opinion / To vapor here in my Dominion, / Without my leave, and make a lurry, / That men cannot be quiet for ye!

   • 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:

     to turn prayer into a kind of lurry

Verb

lurry (third-person singular simple present lurries, present participle lurrying, simple past and past participle lurried)

1. (intransitive) To hurry carelessly.