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Meaning of curr | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To coo like an owl.
  2. To purr like a cat.

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,”

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