gurrn.
/ɡəː/, U.S. /ɡər/, Scottish English /ɡʌr/ Scottish.
A growl, snarl.
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1814 Edinb. Correspondent 15 Dec. (Jam.) The gurr of a dog as if turning sheep.
1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches i. 79 The panther round the folded flocks With stifled gurr is prowling.
Derivatives
gurr v. (intransitive) to growl, snarl.
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1858 J. Brown Rab in Horæ Subsecivæ 1st Ser. 317 He was aye gur gurrin'.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1814- to enter into security
- to enter into suspicion with
- to enter into the fray
- to enter into the spirit of
- to enter into the spirit of things
- to enter into the way of all flesh
- to enter league
- to enter life
- to enter lists
- to enter on panel
- to enter religion
- to enter satisfaction
- to enter security
- to enter the fray
- to enter the lists
- to enter the way of all flesh
- to enter to a person's credit
- to enter to religion
- to enter up
- to enter up satisfaction
- to entitle and engage
- to envy
- to envy at
- to epicure it
- to episcopize it