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Definition of dry run
dry run
- a practice attempt, without performing the actual action.
- See more words with the same meaning: to attempt, try.
Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'to attempt, try': | |
| Definitions include: When a man gets a woman pregnant that he is not married to but does not want her to have the baby for fear of paying child support for 18 years. | |
| Definitions include: to mistreat. | |
| Definitions include: to attempt. | |
| Definitions include: broken. | |
| Definitions include: to make a strong attempt. | |
| Definitions include: to attempt. | |
| Definitions include: to make a futile attempt. | |
| Definitions include: to attempt to reach a goal. | |
| Definitions include: to risk everything in some endeavor. | |
| Definitions include: something that is so exceptionally good or fun it could be as addictive as crack. | |
| Definitions include: to attempt something without preparation. | |
| Definitions include: to attempt something. | |
| Definitions include: to continue trying something that one has had difficulty with in the past. | |
| Definitions include: to make an attempt. | |
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Other terms relating to 'dry': | |
| Definitions include: to take all of a person's money. | |
| Definitions include: a clear matter. | |
| Definitions include: uncommon variant of drier than a popcorn fart. | |
| Definitions include: see popcorn fart. | |
| Definitions include: This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. | |
| Definitions include: to be very thirsty (especially for a beer). | |
| Definitions include: to be very thirsty (especially for beer). Australian. As in "Jeez, I'm as dry as a nun's nasty!" | |
| Definitions include: A condition occurring when a single feces of such extreme length that it begins at drain trap and extends above water line and rests on porcelain surface of toilet bowl. | |
| Definitions include: of two people, to grind their genitals together, while still wearing bottom-wear. | |
| Definitions include: to attempt to vomit, but to expel no liquid. | |
| Definitions include: to simulate sex activity, without the removal of clothes. | |
| Definitions include: simulated sex, without the removal of clothes. | |
| Definitions include: A fart with unexpected anal discharge therefor, when dried is extremely itchy. | |
| Definitions include: to abandon a person, without them having proper resources. | |
| Definitions include: extremely boring. | |
Other terms relating to 'run': | |
| Definitions include: shoplifting beer by grab and run tactics. | |
| Definitions include: very crazy. | |
| Definitions include: to separate one's self from something, and then run away. | |
| Definitions include: An acronym for eat and run. | |
| Definitions include: To eat a meal at a restaurant and leave without paying. | |
| Definitions include: To express extreme exasperation, shock, or dismay. | |
| Definitions include: This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. | |
| Definitions include: see home run. | |
| Definitions include: In the "sexual contact as baseball achievement" metaphor, means sexual intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: the future. | |
| Definitions include: to leave or go. | |
| Definitions include: male masturbation | |
| Definitions include: to cheat on one's significant other. | |
| Definitions include: to run around like a chicken with its head cut off - that is, crazily. | |
| Definitions include: The process of multiple men taking turns having sex with one woman. | |
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