hurly
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɜː(ɹ)li/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li
Etymology 1
Compare French hurler (“to howl”). See also hurlyburly.
Noun
hurly
- (obsolete) noise; confusion; uproar[1]
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- […] that, with the hurly, death itself awakes.
Etymology 2
Noun
hurly (plural hurlies)
- (Scotland) A wheelbarrow.
Related terms
See also
terms probably etymologically unrelated
References
- ^ “hurly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.