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purr

/pəː/

US pronunciation
American sound/pəː/
purr
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final r is pronounced in US English

US voice -> purr

Myanmar meaning

(n) ကြောင်ညည်းသံ။

Full entry

purr /pɜ:(r)/ v

(က) (ကြောင်) စည်းစိမ်တွေ့နေ၍၊ ကျေနပ်၍ လည်ချောင်းသံသဲ့သဲ့ မြည်တမ်းသည်။ purring contentedly on my lap.
(ခ) (စက်ယန္တရား) ငြိုးငြိုးငြိမ့်ငြိမ့်မြည်၍ ညက်ညက် လည်ပတ်သည်။ The car purred along smoothly in top gear.
(ဂ) (အားရကျေနပ်စွာ) ငြိုးငြိုးငြိမ့်ငြိမ့်ပြောသည်။ သဲ့သဲ့ ပြောသည်။ ‘I'm having such a lovely time,’ she purred. ❍ purr with anticipation/ delight.
n ငြိုးငြိုးငြိမ့်ငြိမ့် မြည်သံ။ the purr of a contented cat/ a car engine.

More examples
  • ‘Choose a romantic piece of music
  • ’ she purred.
Synonyms
drone, purring, hum, whirr, buzz, vibration, murmur, noise, rumble, sing, sound, vibrate
Cross references
dronepurringhumwhirrbuzzvibrationmurmurnoiserumblesingsoundvibratealonganticipationcarenginegeari'mlaplovelyshesuchthetimetopwith
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