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Meaning of curr | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To coo like an owl.
    archaic, intransitive
  2. To purr like a cat.
    archaic, intransitive

Examples

“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,”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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