Dictionary Entry
tarry
tarry is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 7 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.
- 2intransitive verb
To stay or remain behind; to wait.
- 3intransitive verb
To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.
- 4intransitive verb
To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
- 5transitive verb
To delay; to defer; to put off.
- 6transitive verb
To wait for; to stay or stop for.
- 7noun
Stay; stop; delay.
- 8verb
leave slowly and hesitantly
Synonyms
- 9verb
be about
"The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"
"Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
- 10adjective
having the characteristics of pitch or tar
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