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Definitions for Purs

[1] purr.
[2] to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does.
[3] (of things) to make a sound suggestive of the purring of a cat: The new motor of the car purred.
[4] to express by or as if by purring.
[5] the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
[6] a sound resembling this.
[7] the act of purring.
[8] (intr) (esp of cats) to make a low vibrant sound, usually considered as expressing pleasure, etc
[9] (tr) to express (pleasure, etc) by this sound
[10] a purring sound

Words nearby Purs

purpuppy dog, puppy fat, puppy love, puppyfoot, pupu, pur, puracé, purana, purbach, purbeck marble, purblind

Origin of Purs

rFirst recorded in 1595–1605; imitative

Words that may be confused with Purs

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, purrper, purr, (see, usage, note, at, per)

Other words from Purs

purr·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Purs

rC17: of imitative origin; compare French ronronner to purr, German schnurren, Dutch snorren