Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smirr

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: smirr
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of smur

verb

Alternative form of smur

verb

To cover with fine rain.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"In the November smirr they made his team take off their shirts. He walked up and down the pitch, rubbing at his chest, unsure whether it was frozen or scalding hot from the wind."
"The man was dead but Kidd aimed the gun once more and a light mist sprayed his cheeks like a cool smirr of rain."
"The queue was about the size of a small football crowd and in the smirring rain it should have been a formula for misery. But the place was jumping joyously."
"Rain clouds smirred the horizon, but for now the grey mists above were content to drift on."

Etymology

Variant form of smur.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

smirrs (plural) smirrs (present, singular) smirring (participle, present) smirred (participle, past) smirred (past)

Questions

What does smirr mean?: Alternative form of smur
Where does smirr come from?: Variant form of smur.

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