purr Betydning & definition

Eksempler på purr

• If we stroke the cat one way, it purrs, and if we stroke it the other way it growls.

• Cougars sometimes voice low-pitched hisses, growls, and purrs, as well as chirps and whistles, many of which are comparable to those of domestic cats.

• Her voice moans, purrs, splutters; she gesticulates with her eyes, almost shouts with her hair.

• She doesn't so much steal the movie as borrow it for extended periods and return it with the motor purring.

• In a follow-up study of purring in four adult cheetahs, found that egressive phases were longer than ingressive phases in four cheetahs.

• When a cat purrs, the signal constitutes direct evidence of the animal's contented state.

• Dignified trams are smoothly purring in between them, contrary to the cumbersome wooden carts on two high wheels, drawn by oxen.

• Other calls include a loud, screeching alarm call and a soft, purring call uttered to young chicks.