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 Translation for 'purr' from English to Russian
NOUN   a purr | purrs
VERB   to purr | purred | purred
purring | purrs
SYNO to birr | to make vibrant sounds | to purr | ...
мурлыкать [несов.]to purr
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Translation for 'purr' from English to Russian

to purr
мурлыкать [несов.]
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Usage Examples English
  • Vocalizations of a flat-headed cat kitten resembled those of a domestic cat. The vocal repertoire of adults has not been analyzed completely, but they purr and give other short-ranged vocalizations.
  • Her voice was characterized as a "smoky, sexual growl" by most critics and a "throaty purr."
  • The snow leopard's vocalizations include meowing, grunting, prusten and moaning. It can purr when exhaling.
  • The sand-colored nighthawk apparently seldom sings, but it does so from the ground, "a gurgling purr...interspersed with quiet throat-clearing sound and loud "grawh" notes."
  • It can purr as its hyoid bone is ossified. Its pupils contract to vertical slits.

  • Many cats purr while kneading. They also purr mostly when newborn, when feeding, or when trying to feed on their mother's teat.
  • The cream-colored woodpecker makes "a high-pitched laugh, 'wutchuk kee-hoo-hoo-hoo'", also described as "pueer, pueer, purr, paw".
  • Many cats purr while kneading. They also purr mostly when newborn, when feeding, or when trying to feed on their mother's teat.
  • Tabakov has lent his distinctive, purr-like voice to a number of animated characters, including the talking cat Matroskin in "Three from Prostokvashino" and its sequels.
  • It also makes a variety of screams, sharp alarm calls, and a quiet purr.

  • Cats often purr when distressed or in pain, such as during labor.
  • The vermiculated screech owl's primary song is a "very fast, long, toad-like trill". Its probable secondary song is "a very brief descending purr".
  • Ejective trills are not known from any language although they are easy to produce. They may occur as mimesis of a cat's purr.
  • Other vocalizations include "rattles, grunt-like contact notes, nasal 'nyek', purr-like notes, 'kyeek' alarm, [...] pure rattles 'bddddt'".
  • The maned rat was believed to be solitary, but is now known to be somewhat sociable, with multiple animals trapped in the same territory; they purr and groom one another.

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