curr

[ kur ]

verb (used without object)

1. to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.

Word History and Origins

Origin of curr¹

1670–80; akin to Old Norse kurra to grumble, murmur, Middle High German kurren, Middle Dutch curren to growl

Example Sentences

The collision happened on the Curr Road, between Omagh and Ballygawley, shortly before 19:20 GMT.

From BBC

Radicals used: curr- and curs-.

From Literature

The Omagh Road is closed in both directions between the Curr Road and the Greenmount Road.

From BBC

“Viola Davis is a powerful truth teller — through her work on stage and screen, as well as in her life,” HarperOne president and publisher Judith Curr said in a statement.

From Seattle Times

At HarperOne, Curr has published several works by the late Zora Neale Hurston, including such posthumous bestsellers as the nonfiction “Barracoon” and the story collection “Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick.”

From Seattle Times