# dry run

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A practice or rehearsal; especially, one that goes through all the motions of a physical process but without the raw material or workpiece present.

## Etymology
From dry (“impotent; harmless”) + run. First attested in print in 1941, but apparently much older in spoken English.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dry-run