burr: Meaning and Definition of

burr

Pronunciation: (bûr), [key]
— n.
  1. a protruding, ragged edge raised on the surface of metal during drilling, shearing, punching, or engraving.
  2. a rough or irregular protuberance on any object, as on a tree.
  3. a small, hand-held, power-driven milling cutter, used by machinists and die makers for deepening, widening, or undercutting small recesses.
  4. a lump of brick fused or warped in firing.
—v.t.
  1. to form a rough point or edge on.
  2. deburr.

burr

Pronunciation: (bûr), [key]
— n.
  1. a washer placed at the head of a rivet.
  2. a blank punched out of a piece of sheet metal.

burr

Pronunciation: (bûr), [key]
— n.
  1. a pronunciation of the r-sound as a uvular trill, as in certain Northern English dialects.
  2. a pronunciation of the r-sound as an alveolar flap or trill, as in Scottish English.
  3. any pronunciation popularly considered rough or nonurban.
  4. a whirring noise.
—v.i.
  1. to speak with a burr.
  2. to speak roughly, indistinctly, or inarticulately.
  3. to make a whirring sound.
—v.t.
  1. to pronounce (words, sounds, etc.) with a burr.

burr

Pronunciation: (bûr), [key]
— n.
  1. burstone.

Burr

Pronunciation: (bûr), [key]
  1. 1756–1836, vice president of the U.S. 1801–05.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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