Purr
[pɜː] or [pɝ]
Definition
(noun.) a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat.
(verb.) indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats.
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Definition
(v. i. & t.) To murmur as a cat. See Pur.
(n.) The low murmuring sound made by a cat; pur. See Pur.
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Definition
v.i. to utter a low murmuring sound as a cat when pleased: to signify by or as by purring.—ns. Purr; Purr′ing the low murmuring sound of a cat.—adv. Purr′ingly.
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Examples
- Her empty bed, her idle ball, Will never see her more; No gentle tap, no loving purr Is heard at the parlor door. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A fat gray cat with a tail that lifted like a plume crossed the floor to our table and curved against my leg to purr each time she rubbed. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She commenced calling in a low singsong voice that was half purr. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I know somebody to whose knee that black cat loves to climb, against whose shoulder and cheek it likes to purr. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I was sure that you would see it in that light, he purred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I should think none but disagreeable people do, said Celia, in her usual purring way. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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