Lairy

/ˈlɛəɹi/ · adjective

Meaning

(UK) Touchy, aggressive or confrontational, usually while drunk..

Definitions by Sense

1. (UK) Touchy, aggressive or confrontational, usually while drunk.
2. (Australia) Vulgar and flashy.
3. (Australia) Socially unacceptable.

Example Sentences

Don't get lairy with me!

There's always been a weird duality at the heart of New Order: the fact that three druggy, lairy Mancs and the drummer's girlfriend can craft music of such awesome emotive power as to make grown neds weep.

Unskinny was a self-published riot of large lasses getting lairy in northern towns, and did a reasonable trade via friends and comic shops.

The show is lairy, loud and laddish; it does exactly what it says on the tin.

Watching the people get lairy / It's not very pretty I tell thee

I started to get a bit lairy, agitated on drink.

Obviously, I'm not beginning to suggest women commit as much violent crime as men when plastered. But I do now concede that being aggressive, ignorant, lairy and foul-mouthed suits the ladies even less than it suits the fellas.

1983, National Book Council (Australia), Australian Book Review, Issues 48-57, page 29, He was lairy alright, resplendent in a purple blazer and pink trousers.

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• lairier
• lairiest

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