ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Curr

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Curr is a verb meaning (archaic, intransitive) To coo like an owl.

Meaning

(archaic, intransitive) To coo like an owl.

More Meanings

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To purr like a cat.

Example Sentences

1798, William Wordsworth, The Idiot Boy, first published in 1798, Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, republished in 1827, The Poetical Works of Wordsworth, 1872, page 53, The owlets hoot, the owlets curr, / And Johnny's lips they burr, burr, burr,

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