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burred

American  
[burd] / bɜrd /

adjective

  1. prickly or rough in texture.

  2. having a bur or burs.


Etymology

Origin of burred

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

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2020

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 • Nov. 24, 2017

Camera shutters burred; the guizers yelled; and the longship, traveling in the opposite direction, scythed through the fire like a ghostly spectre.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2015

At battle heat, Scotsman Murray's burred goddams can be softly terrible, Lithuanian-born Sidney Hillman's dat-for-that accent becomes a cracking sputter.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Aye, mon; through an agent," Donald burred Scottishly.

From Kindred of the Dust by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)