Chur

/t͡ʃɜː/ · interjection

Meaning

A strong voicing of agreement, approval, or thanks: awesome!, cheers!, ta!, thanks!..

Definitions by Sense

1. A strong voicing of agreement, approval, or thanks: awesome!, cheers!, ta!, thanks!.
2. A parting salutation: bye, see you later.
3. (India, dated) An island or shoal in a river.
4. (Hong Kong) Overwhelming; demanding; intense.
5. (Hong Kong) To do something overwhelming, demanding, or intense.

Example Sentences

"Chur," Sir Howard [Morrison] hooted. "Chur doy, chur", which, translated, means something along the lines of: "Well done, mate".

K[evin] L[ambert]: Got 2 mates; dum as fuk; do nethin 4 me; can drive truks; fly planes, got kidz 2. / T[uhoe] L[ambert]: Cher cuz. Da dumber da better.

Meanwhile, on the crap-to-chur scale, Tron [i.e., Hamilton, New Zealand] weather is explained without any need for isobars or weather systems – who knew rain and snow down south was so simple?

Does Mr [Peter] Thiel (chur, bro, by the way!) gain citizenship because the minister judged it “in the public interest because of exceptional circumstances of a humanitarian or other nature relating to the applicant”?

[Stan] Walker's closing address is probably closer to the show's reality: "More whānau … chur!"

If someone’s made me some food, and it tastes really nice, when someone puts it in front of me, I’d say ‘Oh chur’. […] You always say it with a smile on your face. Every time you hear it, it pretty much gives you a smile, so, chur.

Never a dull moment much love to you axe as well. Chur my cuz. [On hearing of the death of Norm Berryman.]

The plaintiff sues to get possession of a piece of chur land. In the plaint, the case which seems to be made is, that the land is a re-formation upon the site of a former chur which at one time belonged to those through whom the plaintiff claims, but which was subsequently washed away. […] The first issue fixed by the Moonsiff, as stated in his judgment, is, "whether the chur in dispute is the contiguous accretion to the re-formed lands of Chur Bandaparah and was held in possession by the plaintiff, and his co-sharers."

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