Purse

Quick meaning: Purse is a noun meaning A small bag for carrying money.

Meaning

A small bag for carrying money.

More Meanings

1. (US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)
2. A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
3. (transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.
4. To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.
5. To put into a purse.
6. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To steal purses; to rob.
7. (historical) A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.

Example Sentences

When you're feeling in the dumps Don't be silly chumps Just purse your lips and whistle – that's the thing.

It was a historic and a hefty battle when Myler and Percy were scheduled to don the gloves for the purse of fifty sovereigns.

[…] thou […] didst contract and purse thy brow together, / As if thou then hadst shut up in thy brain / Some horrible conceit: […]

And then muſt many a man occupie as farre as his purſe would reache, and ſtretche out his legges accordynge to the length of his couerlet.

Word Forms

• purses
• pursing
• pursed

Synonyms for purse

Depending on context, synonyms include pocketbook, handbag, bursary, grant, funds, pucker.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pocketbook, handbag, bag, wrinkle, pouch, sack.

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