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pur

[pur]
–noun, verb (used without object), verb (used with object), purred, pur⋅ring.
purr.

purr

[pur]
–verb (used without object)
1. to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does.
2. (of things) to make a sound suggestive of the purring of a cat: The new motor of the car purred.
–verb (used with object)
3. to express by or as if by purring.
–noun
4. the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
5. a sound resembling this.
6. the act of purring.
Also, pur.


Origin:
1595–1605; imit.


purr⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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purr (like a cat)

  1. in.
    [for an engine] to run well and smoothly. : New spark plugs and this old heap will really purr like a cat.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

purr 
1601, of imitative origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
Pur
purine
PUR
Public Utility Reports
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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