2. Noun. A sound that purrs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Purring
1. purr [v] - See also: purr
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purring
Literary usage of Purring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1855)
"purring Tremor.—Besides the stroke or pulsation above treated of, the hand placed
over the heart becomes occasionally sensible of an entirely different ..."
2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"... may have really doubted its potency ; but if he had any criticism it was never
spoken, over, a lady purring at the great man and perhaps never implied. ..."
3. The Beast by Ben Barr Lindsey, Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins (1910)
"CHAPTER in THE CAT KEEPS ON purring THE fact, of course, was that we had won
nothing. Our precious jury law was soon taken to the Supreme Court, ..."
4. Dorothy Q: Together with A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmother's by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"... at the evening board So gracious, sweet, and purring, So happy while the tea
is poured, So blest while spoons are stirring, What martyr can compare with ..."
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