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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024purr /pɜr/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Animal Behaviorthe low, continuous, vibrating sound a cat makes, as when contented.
- any similar sound:the purr of the car's engine.
v. - Animal Behaviorto utter such a sound: [no object]The cat purred quietly.[~ + object]The cat purred its contentment.
- to make a similar sound:[no object]The new engine purred.
- to say in a purr:[used with quotations]"Right this way,'' she purred.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024purr (pûr),USA pronunciation v.i. - Animal Behaviorto utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does.
- (of things) to make a sound suggestive of the purring of a cat:The new motor of the car purred.
v.t. - Animal Behaviorto express by or as if by purring.
n. - Animal Behaviorthe low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
- a sound resembling this.
- Animal Behaviorthe act of purring.
Also, pur. purr′ing•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: purr /pɜː/ vb - (intransitive) (esp of cats) to make a low vibrant sound, usually considered as expressing pleasure, etc
- (transitive) to express (pleasure, etc) by this sound
n - a purring sound
Etymology: 17th Century: of imitative origin; compare French ronronner to purr, German schnurren, Dutch snorren |