ALL meanings of purring
pur
P p - verb without object purring to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does. 1
- verb without object purring (of things) to make a sound suggestive of the purring of a cat: The new motor of the car purred. 1
- verb with object purring to express by or as if by purring. 1
- noun purring the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes. 1
- noun purring a sound resembling this. 1
- noun purring the act of purring. 1