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n.1. A trial exercise; a rehearsal.2. A test exercise in combat skills without the use of live ammunition.

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n 1. (Military) military practice in weapon firing, a drill, or a manoeuvre without using live ammunition 2. informal a trial or practice, esp in simulated conditions; rehearsal

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n. 1. a rehearsal. 2. practice in firing arms without using live ammunition. [1940–45, Amer.] dry′-run`, adj.

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Noun

dry run - a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert); "he missed too many rehearsals"; "a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding"rehearsalpractice session, practice, drill, exercise, recitation - systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"dress rehearsal - a full uninterrupted rehearsal in costumes shortly before the first performancerun-through - an uninterrupted rehearsalwalk-through - a first perfunctory rehearsal of a theatrical production in which actors read their lines from the script and move as directedconcert - a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging

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A practice session or test designed to identify and correct possible problems. Let's do a couple dry runs of your speech so you feel totally comfortable with it for tomorrow's ceremony. The theater group did a dry run of the play to iron out any technical problems before opening night.See also: dry, run

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Fig. an attempt; a practice or rehearsal. We had better have a dry run for the official ceremony tomorrow. The children will need another dry run before their procession in the pageant.See also: dry, run

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A trial exercise or rehearsal, as in Regard this as a dry run for tonight's ceremony. This term, using dry in the sense of "unproductive," was at first employed mainly in the military for simulated bombings in which no bombs were dropped. [c. 1940] See also: dry, run

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A dry run or a test run is something that you do to practise before you do it at a more important time. We'll have a dry run at getting you in and out of the clothes quickly. More than 10,000 people were expected and council chiefs said it would be a dry run for the Olympic celebrations.See also: dry, run

dry run

A rehearsal or trial exercise. The term originated during World War II, when it was used for a practice bombing flight in which no bombs were actually dropped. After the war it was extended to numerous civilian undertakings, such as “Most families regard the wedding rehearsal dinner as a dry run.”See also: dry, run

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[¦drī ′rən] (computer science) A check of the logic and coding of a computer program in which the program's operations are followed from a flow chart and written instructions, and the results of each step are written down, before the program is run on a computer. Also known as desk check. (engineering) Any practice test or session. (ordnance) Any simulated firing practice, particularly a dive-bombing approach made without the release of a bomb.

dry run

(programming)To execute a program by hand, writing values ofvariables and other run-time data on paper, in order to checkits operation and control flow or to track down a bug (aspart of debugging). A dry run is an extreme form of desk check or code review and is practical only for fairlysimple programs, small amounts of data and simple externalinterfaces. It was often performed off-line using ahardcopy of the source code.

Dry runs were common practice in the days when access tocomputers was limited but the availability of screen editorsand fast compilers makes debugging by printf a moreproductive method in most cases. Sophisticated debuggersthat allow you to get the computer to step through your sourcecode line by line and show values of variables make even thisunnecessary.

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noun a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)

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