tarry

1. 1.

   having the characteristics of pitch or tar

   Synonymspitchyresinousresiny

   Similaradhesive

Other forms of tarry

past tense or participle

tarried

present participle

tarrying·

third person

tarries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tarry

What does tarry mean?

tarry means "be about". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tarry?

tarry has 2 syllables: tar-ry. The stress falls on "tar". In IPA it is /ˈtɛɹi/.

What is another word for tarry?

Close synonyms include loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tarry a common word?

tarry is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tarry?

30 words rhyme with tarry. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.