2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Pur \Pur\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Purred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purring}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. Prov. G. purren.] To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does when pleased. [Written also {purr}.] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 39 Moby Thesaurus words for "purring": beaming, beatific, beatified, birring, blessed, blissful, bombilation, bombinating, bombination, booming, burring, buzzing, capering, cheerful, chirping, dancing, droning, flushed with joy, gay, glad, glowing, happy, hum, humming, joyful, joyous, laughing, leaping, low rumbling, radiant, singing, smiling, smirking, sparkling, starry-eyed, thrice happy, thrumming, whirring, whizzing

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