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Nov 30, 2009
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purr



Pronunciation: (pûr), [key]
—v.i.
1. to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does.
2. (of things) to make a sound suggestive of the purring of a cat: The new motor of the car purred.

—v.t.
to express by or as if by purring.

—n.
1. the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
2. a sound resembling this.
3. the act of purring. Also,pur.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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