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curring

curring is the present participle and gerund of curr.

Meaning of curr

Verb

curr (third-person singular simple present currs, present participle curring, simple past and past participle curred)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To coo like an owl.
    • The owlets hoot, the owlets curr, / And Johnny's lips they burr, burr, burr,1798, William Wordsworth, The Idiot Boy, first published in 1798, Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, republished in 1827, The Poetical Works of Wordsworth, 1872, page 53
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To purr like a cat.

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Questions about curring

What is curring the present participle and gerund of?
Curring is the present participle and gerund of curr.

Words near curring in the dictionary

  1. curries favour
  2. currijong
  3. currijongs
  4. Currimao
  5. Currin
  6. curring
  7. Currington
  8. Curringtons
  9. Currins
  10. currish
  11. currishly

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