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POS
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
ROGET THESAURUS
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purr

 : 
Noun, Verb (transitive), Verb (intransitive)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun purr has 1 sense

Verb purr has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

purrv. i. & t. 
     To murmur as a cat. See Pur.  [1913 Webster]
purrn. 
     The low murmuring sound made by a cat; pur. See Pur.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

purr, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. (of a cat) make a low vibratory sound expressing contentment.
2 intr. (of machinery etc.) make a similar sound.
3 intr. (of a person) express pleasure.
4 tr. utter or express (words or contentment) in this way.
--n. a purring sound.

Etymology
imit.

THESAURUS

purr

be in heaven, be pleased, beam, birr, bombilate, bombinate, boom, bum, burr, buzz, delight, die with delight, drone, feel happy, go into raptures, hum, joy, laugh, sing, smile, take great satisfaction, thrum, tread on air, whir, whiz

ROGET THESAURUS

purr

Roll

N roll, drumming, berloque, bombination, rumbling, tattoo, drumroll, dingdong, tantara, rataplan, whirr, ratatat, ratatat-tat, rubadub, pitapat, quaver, clutter, charivari, racket, cuckoo, repetition, peal of bells, devil's tattoo, reverberation, clickety-clack, hum, purr, hummingbird, cat, kitten (animal sounds), rolling, monotonous, like a bee in a bottle.

Ululation

VB cry, roar, bellow, blare, rebellow, growl, snarl, bark, bow-wow, yelp, bay, bay at the moon, yap, yip, yipe, growl, yarr, yawl, snarl, howl, grunt, gruntle, snort, squeak neigh, whinny, bray, mew, mewl, meow, purr, caterwaul, pule, baa, bleat, low, moo, troat, croak, peep, coo, gobble, quack, honk, gaggle, guggle, crow, caw, squawk, screech cackle, cluck, clack, chuck, chuckle, hoot, hoo, chirp, cheep, chirrup, twitter, cuckoo, warble, trill, tweet, pipe, whistle, hum, buzz, hiss, blatter, ratatat.

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