"fetch-and-carry" meaning in All languages combined

See fetch-and-carry on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkæɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkɛɹi/ (note: Mary–marry–merry merger)
Rhymes: -æɹi Etymology: From fetch and carry. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fetch-and-carry (not comparable)
  1. (dated) Gossipy, tale-bearing. Tags: dated, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-fetch-and-carry-en-adj-z32mbu2y

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkæɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkɛɹi/ (note: Mary–marry–merry merger) Forms: fetch-and-carries [plural]
Rhymes: -æɹi Etymology: From fetch and carry. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fetch-and-carry (plural fetch-and-carries)
  1. An act of fetching and carrying.
    Sense id: en-fetch-and-carry-en-noun-sWF05Hg4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 82 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 82 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 90 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 91 3
  2. (figuratively) A person who serves in an overly obedient or subservient manner. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-fetch-and-carry-en-noun-KJC-C1dN

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "From fetch and carry.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "fetch-and-carry (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fetch-and-car‧ry"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1818 July 25, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter XII, in Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume IV, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC, page 247:",
          "text": "[H]e declared, he would bequeath Willingham and all its lands to a hospital, ere that fetch and carry tell tale should inherit an acre of it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Gossipy, tale-bearing."
      ],
      "id": "en-fetch-and-carry-en-adj-z32mbu2y",
      "links": [
        [
          "Gossipy",
          "gossipy"
        ],
        [
          "tale-bearing",
          "talebearing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) Gossipy, tale-bearing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkæɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkɛɹi/",
      "note": "Mary–marry–merry merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æɹi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fetch-and-carry"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From fetch and carry.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fetch-and-carries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fetch-and-carry (plural fetch-and-carries)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fetch-and-car‧ry"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 82 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 82 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 90 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 91 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An act of fetching and carrying."
      ],
      "id": "en-fetch-and-carry-en-noun-sWF05Hg4",
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fetching",
          "fetching#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "carrying",
          "carrying#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person who serves in an overly obedient or subservient manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-fetch-and-carry-en-noun-KJC-C1dN",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "serves",
          "serve#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "obedient",
          "obedient"
        ],
        [
          "subservient",
          "subservient"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) A person who serves in an overly obedient or subservient manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkæɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkɛɹi/",
      "note": "Mary–marry–merry merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æɹi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fetch-and-carry"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/æɹi",
    "Rhymes:English/æɹi/4 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fetch and carry.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "fetch-and-carry (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fetch-and-car‧ry"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1818 July 25, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter XII, in Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume IV, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC, page 247:",
          "text": "[H]e declared, he would bequeath Willingham and all its lands to a hospital, ere that fetch and carry tell tale should inherit an acre of it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Gossipy, tale-bearing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Gossipy",
          "gossipy"
        ],
        [
          "tale-bearing",
          "talebearing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) Gossipy, tale-bearing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkæɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkɛɹi/",
      "note": "Mary–marry–merry merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æɹi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fetch-and-carry"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/æɹi",
    "Rhymes:English/æɹi/4 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fetch and carry.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fetch-and-carries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fetch-and-carry (plural fetch-and-carries)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fetch-and-car‧ry"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An act of fetching and carrying."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fetching",
          "fetching#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "carrying",
          "carrying#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person who serves in an overly obedient or subservient manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "serves",
          "serve#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "obedient",
          "obedient"
        ],
        [
          "subservient",
          "subservient"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) A person who serves in an overly obedient or subservient manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkæɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkɛɹi/",
      "note": "Mary–marry–merry merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æɹi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fetch-and-carry"
}

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