gry

2 definitions found

gry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gry \Gry\ (gr[imac]), n. [Gr ? syllable, bit.]
     1. A measure equal to one tenth of a line. [Obs.] --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Anything very small, or of little value. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]

gry - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  gry
  
     <puzzle> "Angry" and "hungry" are two words that end in "gry".
     What is the third word.  Everyone knows what it means and
     everyone uses it every day.  Look closely and I have already
     given you the third word.  What is it?
  
     Answer: "what".
  
     Variants of this puzzle have circulated widely on the Internet
     for some years, usually in a corrupted form such as "Name
     three common English words ending in 'gry'", which has no
     third answer.
  
     (http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/gry.htm).
     (http://word-detective.com/gry.html).
  
     (2007-04-04)