0 present participle of purr
1 to make a quiet, continuous, soft sound:
Calls include soft mewing notes, and a pulsing, purring trill when agitated.
She spoke softly and had a cat-like purring quality to her voice.
They can also communicate using shrill cries, growling, and purring.
Some examples are artificial wombs, purring machines, compulsive hats, labyrinths and enormous cocoons.
The arrival in spring is heralded by its purring song, a rather deep, vibrating turrr, turrr, from which the bird's name is derived.
Indeed, he is so much afraid of being thought a growler that he always purrs, and we have had a long purring speech from him to-day.
In fact, from the purring sounds around him, which are still continuing, he may feel that his activities today augur well for his future political career.
The only comments that have been made from his own benches consist of the purring approval which he has received from his supporters.
