curry
1East Indian Cooking. a pungent dish of vegetables, onions, meat or fish, etc., flavored with various spices or curry powder, and often eaten with rice.
any dish flavored with curry powder or the like: a lamb curry.
to cook or flavor (food) with curry powder or a similar combination of spices: to curry eggs.
Idioms about curry
give (someone) a bit of curry, Australian. to rebuke, discipline, or criticize; harass.
Origin of curry
1- Sometimes cur·rie .
Other definitions for curry (2 of 3)
Origin of curry
2Other definitions for Curry (3 of 3)
John (Anthony), 1949–94, British figure skater.
John Steu·art [stoo-ert, styoo-], /ˈstu ərt, ˈstyu-/, 1897–1946, U.S. painter.
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British Dictionary definitions for curry (1 of 3)
/ (ˈkʌrɪ) /
a spicy dish of oriental, esp Indian, origin that is made in many ways but usually consists of meat or fish prepared in a hot piquant sauce
curry seasoning or sauce
give someone curry Australian slang to assault (a person) verbally or physically
(tr) to prepare (food) with curry powder or sauce
Origin of curry
1British Dictionary definitions for curry (2 of 3)
/ (ˈkʌrɪ) /
to beat vigorously, as in order to clean
to dress and finish (leather) after it has been tanned to make it strong, flexible, and waterproof
to groom (a horse)
curry favour to ingratiate oneself, esp with superiors
Origin of curry
2British Dictionary definitions for Curry (3 of 3)
/ (ˈkʌrɪ) /
John (Anthony). 1949–94, British ice skater: won the figure-skating gold medal in the 1976 Olympic Games
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