Dictionary Definition

harry

1 annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke]

2 make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes [syn: ravage] [also: harried]

User Contributed Dictionary

Harry may refer to:

Harry (album), a 1969 album by Harry Nilsson
Harry (TV series), a 1993-1995 BBC drama series about a journalist called Harry Salter
Harry (derogatory term), a derogatory term, meaning unsophisticated or vulgar, used in Norway
Harry Potter (character), fictional character from J. K. Rowling's novel series
Harry Callahan (character), also known as Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry (musician), a British singer.
Harry Lime, a racketeer who appears in Graham Greene's novella The Third Man, played by Orson Welles in the film of the novel and by Michael Rennie in the subsequent TV series.
Harry Palmer, the spy hero of several Len Deighton novels, including The IPCRESS File. He is played by Michael Caine in the films.
Harry, an effects compositing system/non-linear editor from Quantel

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