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Definition: Give It A Try |
Give It A TryVerb1. Try (informal); "let's give it a whirl!". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Give It A TrySynonym: give it a whirl (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Experiment | Phrase: check it out, give it a try, see how it goes; "Run it up the flagpole and see who salutes." |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Give It A Try |
| English words defined with "give it a try": give it a whirl. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "give it a try": HIBERNATE ♦ Memory Management Unit ♦ Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | All right, I'll give it a try. (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett) This is true, but if you lay down in the street I'll give it a try. (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro) | |
Lyrics | But I know I've got to give it a try. (Making Love Out Of Nothing At All; performing artist: Air Supply) Too much of nothing so why don't we give it a try (Too Much; performing artist: Spice Girls) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Give It a Try (1975) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Travel | Yemen | Chewing qat is not obligatory but your host will be gratified if you give it a try. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "give it a try"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حاول (aim, attempt, endeavor, endeavour, essay, have a try, make a bid, make up, seek, study, try), جرب (experience, experiment, give it a whirl, have a go, pilot, proof, scab, tempt, test, try, try out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | опитвам се (essay, offer, seek, try), пробвам (attempt, essay, experiment, sample, try, try on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pokusit se (attempt, try). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | essayer qch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δίνω μιά προσπάθεια. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | próbáljuk meg, megpróbál (attempt, essay, have a fling at sg, to attempt, to essay, to offer, to take a fling at sg, to try, try, try on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "たり'付ける (to give it a try). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あたり'つける (to give it a try). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ivegay itay aay ytray попытаться (have a go at, make an effort), испытывать (assay, be effected by, essay, experience, have, try, try out, try over, undergo). (various references) pokušati (assay, attempt, essay, have a go, tempt, try). (various references) probar (assay, attempt, chance, establish, evidence, experiment, have a bash at, like, make good, prove, sample, sip, taste, tease, tempt, test, touch, try, try on, try out, vet), intentar (assay, attempt, bring, bring for, bring to, bring up, give it a whirl, have a bash at, have a go, intent, test, try, try on). (various references) denemek (assay, attempt, chance, condition, essay, experience, experiment, give it a shot, have a go, have a go at, have a shy at, have a stab at, have a try, prove, put, put to the touch, sample, take a chance, take a whack at, test, try, try on, try out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-i-r-t-t-v-y" | |
-3 letters: gravity, variety, virgate, vitiate. | |
-4 letters: aigret, attire, gaiety, gaiter, garvey, gritty, grivet, gyrate, ratite, rivage, target, treaty, triage, trivet, trivia, verity, vittae, yatter, yttria. | |
-5 letters: aiver, avert, gayer, giver, grate, grave, gravy, great, irate, ratty, retag, retia, rivet, targe, tarty, tater, teary, terai, terga, tetra, tiger, titer, titre, tragi, trait, trave, treat, trite. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-i-r-t-t-v-y" | |
+3 letters: investigatory. | |
+4 letters: seronegativity. | |
+5 letters: interrogatively. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 69 76 65      49 74      41      54 72 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01001001 01110100 00100000 01000001 00100000 01010100 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G i v e   I t   A   T r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0069 0076 0065      0049 0074      0041      0054 0072 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41758871243862352548491 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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