Associations to the word «Errand»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
ERRAND, noun. A trip to accomplish a small mission or to do some business (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc.)
ERRAND, noun. The purpose of such trip.
ERRAND, noun. An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.
ERRAND, verb. (transitive) To send someone on an errand.
ERRAND, verb. (intransitive) To go on an errand.
ERRAND BOY, noun. A male employed to run errands.
ERRAND BOY, noun. (management) (pejorative) Someone nominally in a responsible position who performs relatively menial tasks for a senior manager.
ERRAND BOYS, noun. Plural of errand boy
ERRAND GHOST, noun. Alternative form of errand-ghost
Dictionary definition
ERRAND, noun. A short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.