Murr vs Purr - What's the difference?
murr | purr |
(obsolete) A catarrh.
*1603 , (John Florio), translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays , III.12:
*:With them a Phthysique'' or consumption of the lungs is but an ordinary cough: A ''dysentery or bloody flux but a distemper of the stomacke; A pleurisie but a cold or murre ; and as they gently name them so they easily endure them.
* John Skelton
(onomatopoeia, colloquial, furry fandom) A purr (produced by any animal).
* 2003 March 30, "NallTWD" (username), FUR: "Boston Blues" (M/F- Lions)'', in fur.stories.erotica, ''Usenet :
* 2004 , "Claudia" (username), STORY: The Three Sisters, part 8 ( Transform, Girl into Horse )'', in alt.sex.stories, ''Usenet :
* 2007 , Teiran, The Hero , page 150:
(onomatopoeia, colloquial, of a person or animal, furry fandom) To purr.
* 1989 , Dawn Borrelli, Kate , page 101:
* 1995 January 5, "Anne-Lise Pasch" (username), STORY: Retribution'', in alt.fan.furry, ''Usenet :
* 2002', September 2, "sahd_ryoken" (username), ''*'''murrs * no shirt, jean shorts, and one hot dragon'', in alt.fan.dragons, ''Usenet
Of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented.
To say (something) in a throaty, seductive manner.
* 2008 , C. E. Osborne, Black Gold Death in the Sun (page 12)
To make a vibrating throaty sound, as from pleasure.
(of an engine) To make a low and consistent rumbling sound.
* 2001 , E. C. Craver, Last Reunion (page 159)
The vibrating sound made by a cat in its throat when contented.
* 1918 , Sarath Kumar Ghosh, The wonders of the jungle - Volume 2 (page 113)
A throaty, seductive sound of pleasure made by a person.
* 2006 , Brenda Williamson, Wolverton Blood (page 53)
The low consistent rumble made by an engine at slow speed
* 1997 , Susan Wood, A Fly in Amber (page 191)
As nouns the difference between murr and purr
is that murr is a catarrh while purr is the vibrating sound made by a cat in its throat when contented.As verbs the difference between murr and purr
is that murr is to purr while purr is of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented.murr
English
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain. Perhaps imitative.Noun
(en noun)- The woodhack that singeth 'chur', / Hoarsely, as he had the murr
Etymology 2
Imitative.Noun
(en noun)- Raion let out a contented murr ,
- Cathy rroww'ed like a cat in heat as her tom mated her, her breasts pressed deeply into the mattress, orgasming with a contented murr as the tom fertilized her
- The hyena let out a soft murr as the fox's paw gently rubbing in small circles across his forehead and down his neck. The gentle scratching felt good, so the hyena leaned into the paw.
Verb
(en verb)- 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.
- She murred in satisfaction.
Derived terms
* murrsuit ----purr
English
Verb
(en verb)- "This is Cindy," she purred again, flashing a smile of perfect white teeth surrounded by full red lips.
- Beverly passed the city limits sign with the Porsche's motor purring contentedly after its two hundred and fifty-mile romp.
Derived terms
* purrer * purr like a kittenNoun
(en noun)- Instead, the tiger looked around, and gave a purr , and then a growl. What did that mean? The man could not tell. Then the tiger just flung upon the man some of the sand from the side of the hollow.
- The trill of her purr echoed inside his mouth when he kissed her again. Clutching at his shirt, her fingers traveled the muscles in his back.
- I sat still in the car and listened to the soft purr of the engine and my beating heart. Then slowly, and as silently as possible, I drove the car back to camp.