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currs

currs is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 currs

What is currs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Currs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of curr.

Words near currs in the dictionary

  1. currogate
  2. curromycin
  3. curromycins
  4. Curros
  5. Currowan
  6. currs
  7. curry
  8. curry bread
  9. curry breads
  10. curry chip
  11. curry chips

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