0 to make the low, murmuring sound of a cat when it is pleased. -- spinde
1 such a sound. -- spinden
Chua is a tiger who roars rather than purrs.
Known for its trademark purring, it also produces a wide variety of other sounds.
Babies make purring noises similar to cats when they are content.
They produce the usual range of sounds for cats, including growling, hissing, purring, and calling.
Domestic cats use many vocalizations for communication, including purring, trilling, hissing, growling/snarling, grunting, and several different forms of meowing.
When at play or traveling, they sometimes give off low, purring grunts.
The vocabulary begins soon after hatching with low, purring contact calls for maintaining contact with their parents, as well as food begging calls.
Other calls include a loud, screeching alarm call and a soft, purring call uttered to young chicks.
