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smirr

smirr is the alternative form of smur.

Meaning of smur

Noun

smur (countable and uncountable, plural smurs)

  1. (Scotland, dialectal) Drizzle, light rain, fine drizzle that hangs in the air and does not actually precipitate.

See all 2 meanings of smur

Verb

smirr (third-person singular simple present smirrs, present participle smirring, simple past and past participle smirred)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To cover with fine rain.
    • Rain clouds smirred the horizon, but for now the grey mists above were content to drift on.2022, John MacKay, The Road Dance

Forms of smirr

Noun
pluralsmirrs
Verb
third-person singular presentsmirrs
present participlesmirring
past participlesmirred
pastsmirred

Origin of smirr

Variant form of smur.

Questions about smirr

What does smirr mean?
Smirr means to cover with fine rain.
What is smirr the alternative form of?
Smirr is the alternative form of smur.
What part of speech is smirr?
Smirr is a verb.
What is the past tense of smirr?
The past tense of smirr is smirred.

Words near smirr in the dictionary

  1. smirky
  2. smirnite
  3. Smirnoff
  4. Smirnoffs
  5. Smirnov
  6. smirr
  7. smirred
  8. smirring
  9. smirrs
  10. smirry
  11. smirt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: smirr (page history and authors); smur (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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