Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dirty harry

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables: dirty har-ry
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A police officer who is reckless, disregards practices and policies, or who practices vigilantism or uses excessive force.

Etymology

After Dirty Harry, a fictional police detective who (in the film) tells his partner that he is called Dirty Harry because he gets all the dirty jobs.

Inflected Forms

Dirty Harrys (plural)

Synonyms

vigilante loose cannon

Questions

What does dirty harry mean?: A police officer who is reckless, disregards practices and policies, or who practices vigilantism or uses excessive force.
Where does dirty harry come from?: After Dirty Harry, a fictional police detective who (in the film) tells his partner that he is called Dirty Harry because he gets all the dirty jobs.

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