chur

Interjection

(New Zealand, informal)

1. (New Zealand, informal) A strong voicing of agreement, approval, or thanks: awesome!, cheers!, ta!, thanks!.
   • "Chur," Sir Howard [Morrison] hooted. "Chur doy, chur", which, translated, means something along the lines of: "Well done, mate".2009 September 24, Julie Jacobson (interviewer), “Sir Howard Morrison Interview”, in The Dominion Post (reproduced on Stuff.co.nz), Wellington, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2013
   • K[evin] L[ambert]: Got 2 mates; dum as fuk; do nethin 4 me; can drive truks; fly planes, got kidz 2. / T[uhoe] L[ambert]: Cher cuz. Da dumber da better.[2012 March 24, “A Nation Divided: Inside the Urewera Four Trial”, in The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2017

   Synonyms:

   thank you

2. (New Zealand, informal) A parting salutation: bye, see you later.
   • Never a dull moment much love to you axe as well. Chur my cuz. [On hearing of the death of Norm Berryman.]2015 June 23, Brendon Egan, quoting Slade McFarland, “Norman Berryman Emotional Tribute by John Akurangi”, in Stuff.co.nz, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2025

   Synonyms:

   goodbye

Noun

chur (plural churs)

1. (India, New Zealand, dated, informal) An island or shoal in a river.
   • The plaintiff sues to get possession of a piece of chur land. In the plaint, the case which seems to be made is, that the land is a re-formation upon the site of a former chur which at one time belonged to those through whom the plaintiff claims, but which was subsequently washed away. […] The...1869 July 30, Justice A. J. Macpherson, “Rashmonee Dassee and others (Defendants) Appellants, versus Bhubonath Bhuttacharjee (Plaintiff) Respondent”, in D[avid] Sutherland, editor, The Weekly...
   • This was a suit brought to recover possession of 12,000 beegahs of land. The land in question is a chur in the river Megna, a large navigable and tidal river. The particular portion of the river where the chur is situate is called the Gogra. […] They [the defendants] do not now attempt to make out...1870 November 19, Justice Markby, “Nabin Kishor Roy (defendant) v. Jages Prasad Gangopadhya and others (plaintiffs).”, in The Madras Revenue Register, volume V, number 6, Madras: [s.n.], published 15...

Adjective

chur

1. (Hong-Kong, New Zealand, informal) Overwhelming; demanding; intense.

Verb

chur

1. (Hong-Kong, New Zealand, informal) To do something overwhelming, demanding, or intense.

Proper noun capitalized: Chur

UK/kuːɹ/

Chur

1. A town, the capital of Graubünden canton, Switzerland.