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curr¹

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Imitative.

verb currs · curring · curred

  1. archaic, intransitive To coo like an owl. 1798, William Wordsworth, The Idiot Boy, first published in 1798, Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, republished in 1827, The Poetical Works of Wordsworth, 1872, page 53, The owlets hoot, the owlets curr, / And Johnny's lips they burr, burr, burr,
  2. archaic, intransitive To purr like a cat.

Curr²

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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@misc{curr_2026,
  title = {curr},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/curr},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}