Usually means: Vibratory sound made by cats.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word purring:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. purring: Merriam-Webster
  2. purring: Collins English Dictionary
  3. purring: Vocabulary.com
  4. Purring, purring: Wordnik
  5. purring: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. purring: Wiktionary
  7. Purring, purring: Dictionary.com
  8. purring: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Purring: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Purring: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Purring: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. purring: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. purring: FreeDictionary.org
  14. purring: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. purring: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. purring: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (purring)

▸ noun:  A sound that purrs.
▸ noun:  (sports) Synonym of shin-kicking

Similar:
whirr, whizz, whir, whiz, birr, make vibrant sounds, purrer, surculation, puling, girn, more...

Opposite:
growling, snarling, roaring, barking

Phrases:
purring sound, purring voice, more...

Adjectives:
soft, loud, gentle, deep, low, steady, contented, faint, much, rhythmic, little



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Similar:
whirr, whizz, whir, whiz, birr, make vibrant sounds, purrer, surculation, puling, girn, more...

Opposite:
growling, snarling, roaring, barking

Phrases:
purring sound, purring voice, more...

Adjectives:
soft, loud, gentle, deep, low, steady, contented, faint, much, rhythmic, little



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