purring

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(pur-ring) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. making a low continuous sound of contentment.

Example Sentence

The cat was purring while you stroked it.

More Example Sentences

Purring shows that a cat feels happy.

Synonyms

rumbling; humming; vibrating

Antonyms

scream

Hear It! Say It! Write It!

purring
Hear It! Say It! Write It!

Rhymes

  • blurring
  • during
  • hering
  • heuring
  • purring
  • schering
  • scheuring
  • schuring
  • slurring
  • spurring
  • stirring
  • whirring

  • abjuring
  • concurring
  • conferring
  • deferring
  • demurring
  • deterring
  • incurring
  • inferring
  • occuring
  • occurring
  • preferring
  • recurring
  • refering
  • referring
  • transfering
  • transferring

  • nonrecurring
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