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murr¹

  • /mɜːɹ/
  • [mɜː] Australia, UK
  • [mɝ] US
  • [mʌr] Scotland
  • [møː] New Zealand
  • [meː]
  • [mɛː]
  • [mɜː(ɹ)]

Sounds like murre, myrrh (fern–fir–fur merger), mare (fair–fur merger) · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ), -ʌr

Where it comes from

Uncertain. Perhaps imitative.

noun murrs

  1. obsolete A catarrh. The woodhacke, that syngeth ‘chur’, Horsly, as he had the mur; […]

murr²

  • /mɜːɹ/
  • [mɜː] Australia, UK
  • [mɝ] US
  • [mʌr] Scotland
  • [møː] New Zealand
  • [meː]
  • [mɛː]
  • [mɜː(ɹ)]

Sounds like murre, myrrh (fern–fir–fur merger), mare (fair–fur merger) · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ), -ʌr

Where it comes from

Imitative.

noun murrs

  1. colloquial, onomatopoeic, slang A purr (produced by any animal). Raion let out a contented murr, […]

verb murrs · murring · murred

  1. colloquial, especially, onomatopoeic, slang, of a person or animal To purr. The cat murred and purred and tried to lick his face and David was filled with such happiness. All the doubts and misgivings of the past few hours fled and all that he knew was that Kate, his love and his life, was back with him.

adjective

  1. slang, of a person or animal Having sexual appeal, sexy. Nice picture. I love the details on everything, and the shading is wonderful. He's very murr.

Murr³

proper noun Murrs

  1. A surname.

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"murr." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/murr. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

murr. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/murr

Chicago

"murr." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/murr.

BibTeX
@misc{murr_2026,
  title = {murr},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/murr},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}