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murr

/mɜːɹ/[mɜː]

murr noun: a catarrh.

Noun (1)

murr (plural murrs)

  1. (obsolete) A catarrh.
    • The woodhacke, that syngeth ‘chur’,
      Horsly, as he had the mur; […]c. 1505, John Skelton, Phyllyp Sparowe; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 82, lines 418–419
    • [...] I like not his countenance; I am afraid he labours of the venereall murre.1597, Don Richardo de Medico Campo [pseudonym; Richard Lichfield], The Trimming of Thomas Nashe Gentleman, London: […] [Edward Allde] for Philip Scarlet, →OCLC; republished as J[ohn] P[ayne]...

Noun (2)

murr (plural murrs)

  1. (colloquial, onomatopoeic, slang) A purr (produced by any animal).
    • Raion let out a contented murr, […]2003 March 30, "NallTWD" (username), FUR: "Boston Blues" (M/F- Lions), in fur.stories.erotica, Usenet
    • 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 […]2004, Claudia, “STORY: The Three Sisters, part 8 ( Transform, Girl into Horse )”, in alt.sex.stories (Usenet)

Verb

murr (third-person singular simple present murrs, present participle murring, simple past and past participle murred)

  1. (colloquial, especially, onomatopoeic, slang) To purr.
    • The cat murred and purred and tried to lick his face and David was filled with such happiness. All the doubts and misgivings of the past few hours fled and all that he knew was that Kate, his love and his life, was back with him.1989, Dawn Borrelli, Kate, page 101
    • She murred in satisfaction.1995 January 5, Anne-Lise Pasch, “STORY: Retribution”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet)

Adjective

murr

  1. (slang) Having sexual appeal, sexy.
    • Nice picture. I love the details on everything, and the shading is wonderful. He's very murr.2002 November 14, "Khaki Wolf" (username), FUR Genengineering Tank (M/ Direwolf) - garmtank_work.jpg (1/1), in fur.artwork.erotica, Usenet
    • Yew rox0rs....p.b. and Jay are murr. DO P.B.!
      Lukos
      "Darkan" […] wrote in message […]
      > A little fanart of Jay from Daria McGrain's 'Genus Male' comic. I like P.B.
      > better tho, and will draw him soon.2002 November 3, Lukos, “FuRe: Jay (Male/Tame/Fanart)”, in fur.artwork.erotica (Usenet)

Proper noun capitalized: Murr

Murr (plural Murrs)

  1. A surname.

Forms of murr

Noun
pluralmurrs
Verb
third-person singular presentmurrs
present participlemurring
past participlemurred
pastmurred
Proper noun
pluralMurrs

Origin of murr

Uncertain. Perhaps imitative.

Imitative.

Words formed from murr

Words that rhyme with murr

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Questions about murr

What does murr mean?
Murr means a catarrh.
What part of speech is murr?
Murr can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce murr?
Murr is pronounced /mɜːɹ/.
What is the plural of murr?
The plural of murr is murrs.

Words near murr in the dictionary

  1. Murphy-Lane bone skid
  2. Murphying
  3. Murphys
  4. Murphys Creek
  5. Murphysboro
  6. murr
  7. murra
  8. Murra Warra
  9. Murrabit
  10. Murrabit West
  11. Murrah

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