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purring

  • present participle of purr.

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Purring or hissing, we say what we mean.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2023

Purring is not passive: each pulse of the purr is made by voluntary contraction of the muscles around the larynx.

From Time • Aug. 3, 2012

Purring out of Paris a sleek car carried new French Premier Leon Blum last week to Geneva.

From Time Magazine Archive

Purring southward from Washington through a chill morning overcast, the presidential Constellation Columbine headed for Fort Benning, Ga., and landed.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Just kidding. Have I told you about the Purring Palace?”

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

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