What is "terry"

Terry \Ter"ry\, n. A kind of heavy colored fabric, either all silk, or silk and worsted, or silk and cotton, often called terry velvet, used for upholstery and trimmings.

"loop raised in pile-weaving, left uncut," 1784, of uncertain origin, possibly an alteration of French tiré "drawn," from past participle of tirer "draw out" (compare German gezogener Sammet "drawn velvet").

n. A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that is used to make towels, bathrobes and some types of nappy/diaper.

Terry is both a masculine and feminine given name derived from Terence or Teresa.

Terry (November 17, 1933 – September 1, 1945) was a female Cairn Terrier performer who appeared in 16 different movies, most famously as Toto in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz. It was her only credited role, though she was credited not as Terry but as Toto Terry was owned and trained by Carl Spitz.

Terry is a biopic of Canadian amputee athlete Terry Fox, dramatizing his national Marathon of Hope run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. The film, produced by Shaftesbury Films, aired as a television movie on CTV in 2005. It was written by Dennis Foon and directed by Don McBrearty, and was created in part because the earlier 1983 film The Terry Fox Story had been criticized by Fox's family for inaccurately depicting his personality.

Shawn Ashmore portrays Fox. Unlike Eric Fryer, who previously portrayed Fox in The Terry Fox Story, Ashmore is not an amputee. For some scenes, a real amputee body double was used, while in others, digital editing was used to superimpose a prosthesis over Ashmore's real leg.

The film's cast also includes Matt Gordon as Fox's publicist Bill Vigars, Catherine Disher and David Huband as Fox's parents Betty and Rolly, and Noah Reid as his brother Darrell.

The film concludes with a mixed montage of footage of the actual Fox and the film version to the music of "Turnaround" by Stan Rogers.

"Terry" is a song written and sung by British singer Lynn Ripley, who performed under the name Twinkle. It was her first single, and reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1964, spending fifteen weeks in the charts. The track also reached number 5 on the Canadian charts, spending four weeks in the Top 40 in February 1965.

The song is about the death of a young man named Terry, killed in a motorcycle accident. It was banned by both the BBC, and by ITV's Ready Steady Go! on grounds of taste, but despite (or possibly because of) this, it shot up the charts. It was Twinkle's only Top 10 hit, although her follow-up, "Golden Lights" (later covered by The Smiths), reached number 21 in the UK.

Terry is a pictorial biography of Terry Fox written by Canadian author Douglas Coupland in 2005 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Fox's death in 1981.

Terry is a common given name that may also be a surname. Terry may also refer to:

"Terry" is a song by Kirsty MacColl, released as a single in October 1983, and charting at #82 in the UK the following month. It was her first release after returning to Stiff Records, and was the last in a run of poorly selling singles released between " There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" and " A New England". The music video featured an appearance from actor and comedian Ade Edmondson who played MacColl's rejected boyfriend who got her back after fighting off a rival man.

Just over a year later, in January 1985, Tracey Ullman took the song one place higher on the UK charts, peaking at #81. Ullman's version of "Terry" used the identical backing track to the MacColl version, merely erasing MacColl's lead vocal and substituting Ullman's. (MacColl co-produced both versions of "Terry".)

Terry is a surname which can be a non- Italian version of an Italian surname, or come from the medieval Norman given name Thierry, cognate of the English Derek. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adam Terry, American football player
• Alfred Terry, American Civil War Union general
• Benjamin Franklin Terry, organizer of the American Civil War unit Terry's Texas Rangers
• Bill Terry, American major league baseball player
• Charles L. Terry, Jr. (1900–1970), American judge and politician, Governor of Delaware
• Charles Sanford Terry (historian) (1864–1936), English historian and musicologist
• Charles Sanford Terry (translator), American translator of Japanese literature
• Clark Terry, jazz fluegelhorn/trumpet player and music educator
• Edward Terry (author) (1590-1660), cleric and author of A Voyage to East-India (1655)
• Edward O'Connor Terry, 19th-century English actor and theatre owner
• Edward Richard "Ted" Terry (1904–1967), Tasmanian professional sprinter and Australian rules footballer
• Dame Ellen Terry (1847–1928), English actress
• Harold Terry (1925-2016), Louisiana sheriff
• Helen Terry, backing vocals singer with British pop group Culture Club
• J. E. Harold Terry (1885-1939), English playwright
• James L. Terry, US Army Lieutenant General
• Jason Terry, American basketball player
• Jo Ann Terry, American hurdler
• John B. Terry (1796-1874), American pioneer, soldier, and territorial legislator
• John Terry (born 1980), English football player
• Joseph Terry (1828-1898), partner in Terry's chocolate makers (1767–2006)
• Luther Leonidas Terry (1911–1985), U.S. Surgeon General (1961–65)
• Michael Terry (1899–1981), Australian explorer and writer
• Nigel Terry (1945–2015), English actor
• Olufemi Terry, Sierra Leonean writer
• P. S. Terry, American politician, Missouri senator
• Pat Terry, English footballer
• Paul Terry (cricketer) (born 1959), English cricketer
• Paul Terry (footballer), English footballer and brother of John
• Paul Terry (cartoonist), U.S. cartoonist and animator, and creator of Terrytoons
• Peter Terry, British air marshal
• Ralph Terry, American major league baseball pitcher
• Rob Terry, American professional wrestler
• Ruth Terry (1920–2016), American actress
• Samuel Terry (c. 1776–1838), Australian landowner, merchant and philanthropist.
• Sean Terry (born 1991), English cricketer
• Simon Terry, British archer
• T. T. Terry, American politician; mayor of Huntsville, Alabama
• Tomás Terry (died 1886), Cuban slave trader
• Wallace Terry (1938–2003), American journalist and oral historian
• Wallace Terry (baseball) (1850–1908), American 19th century baseball player
• Walter Terry, American politician
• William Terry (congressman), American Civil War Confederate general
• William R. Terry, American Civil War Confederate general