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dry spells

dry spells is the plural of dry spell.

Meaning of dry spell

Noun

dry spell (plural dry spells)

  1. A drawn-out period where the weather has been dry, for an abnormally long time; shorter and not as severe as a drought.
    • Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell / Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high1989, Christopher Ward, David Tyson, “Black Velvet”, performed by Alannah Myles
  2. (figuratively) A period or time where there is little activity, productivity, low income etc.
    • The first type is of course the dry spell when you can't think of any ideas. The second type is when kids just have a dry spell in writing.1970, Gabriel H. L. Jacobs, When children think, page 31
  3. (figuratively) A period of time without sexual intercourse.
    • There's no telling when the serial dating bug can strike. You may be just getting out of a serious relationship, marriage, or long dry spell. But one thing's for certain: when it does it can become a really hard habit to break.2007, Elina Furman, Kiss and Run, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 87

Questions about dry spells

What is dry spells the plural of?
Dry spells is the plural of dry spell.

Words near dry spells in the dictionary

  1. dry snitching
  2. dry socket
  3. dry spell
  4. dry speller
  5. dry spellers
  6. dry spells
  7. dry sprinkler
  8. dry sprinklers
  9. dry steering
  10. dry stone
  11. dry stone wall

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