Purr (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

Admin
verb (used without object)
  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.
verb (used with object)
  1. to express by or as if by purring.
noun
  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.
verb
  1. (esp of cats) to make a low vibrant sound, usually considered as expressing pleasure, etc
  2. to express (pleasure, etc) by this sound
noun
  1. a purring sound
Purr (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

More Definitions