burred

[ burd ]

adjective

1. prickly or rough in texture.
2. having a bur or burs. bur.

Word History and Origins

Origin of burred¹

First recorded in 1905–10; bur ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Her voice is low and gently burred, her affect is a funky mix of playfulness and precision.

From New York Times

Afterward, the products get “burred,” a process that involves removing the sharp edges.

From Washington Times

The patter, delivered in Mr. Silven’s smooth, slightly burred voice, is a little pat, as when he intones, “By coincidence, by fate, by destiny, a group of you have come together to predict the improbable.”

From New York Times

Mr. Starr has a skinny, burred voice that sounds as if he were quivering, and when the guitarist Paul Jackson chimes in with high harmony vocals, as on “Six Ways to Sunday,” it’s bracing.

From New York Times

His sound on the tenor saxophone, his primary instrument, was distinctive: taut and throaty, slightly burred, dark-hued.

From New York Times