cur
pronunciation
How to pronounce cur in British English:
UK [kɜ:(r)]
How to pronounce cur in American English:
US [kə]
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- Noun:
- an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
- a cowardly and despicable person
Word Origin
- cur (n.)
- early 13c., curre, earlier kurdogge used of both vicious dogs and cowardly dogs, probably from Old Norse kurra or Middle Low German korren both echoic, both meaning "to growl." Compare Swedish dialectal kurre, Middle Dutch corre "house dog."
Example
- 1. She was frightened by a cur .
- 2. And kick me as you spurn a stranger cur over your threshold .
- 3. Game controls : mouse operational control cur direction , click the left mouse button or catch a ball serve said .
- 4. A mischievous cur must be tied short .
- 5. A wild cur flung itself at him with bared fangs and slashed a rent in his overcoat .