Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

murr

[mɜː]

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables: murr
IPA: [mɜː]

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

noun

A purr (produced by any animal).

Colloquial; Slang

verb

To purr.

Colloquial; Slang

adj

Having sexual appeal, sexy.

Slang

name

Example Sentences

"The woodhacke, that syngeth ‘chur’, Horsly, as he had the mur; […]"
"[...] I like not his countenance; I am afraid he labours of the venereall murre."
"With them a Phthysique or consumption of the lungs is but an ordinary cough: A dysentery or bloody flux but a distemper of the stomacke; A pleurisie but a cold or murre; and as they gently name them so they easily endure them."
"Raion let out a contented murr, […]"
"Cathy rroww'ed like a cat in heat as her tom mated her, her breasts pressed deeply into the mattress, orgasming with a contented murr as the tom fertilized her […]"
"The hyena let out a soft murr as the fox's paw gently rubbing in small circles across his forehead and down his neck. The gentle scratching felt good, so the hyena leaned into the paw."

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps imitative.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: [mɜː]
British English: [mɜː]

Usage

Inflected Forms

murrs (plural) murrs (present, singular) murring (participle, present) murred (participle, past) murred (past)

Derived Forms

murrsuit

Homonyms

murre myrrh (fern–fir–fur merger) mare (fair–fur merger) myrrh

Rhymes With

were her per sir transfer prefer occur refer der inter fur entrepreneur

Questions

How do you pronounce murr?: The recorded pronunciation is [mɜː].
What does murr mean?: A catarrh.
Where does murr come from?: Uncertain. Perhaps imitative.

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