thurl

[thurl]

noun

1. the hip joint of cattle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thurl¹

Origin uncertain

Example Sentences

No word on whether Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has reached out to Davis the way he did to rookie Thurl Bailey of the Utah Jazz after James Worthy — another goggles guy — inadvertently scratched Bailey’s cornea during a game in 1984.

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Boris Karloff provides narration, with additional voices by Thurl Ravenscroft and June Foray.

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“You can’t ignore the Jazz,” said Thurl Bailey, the Salt Lake City mainstay and sage who played here from 1983 to 1991 and in 1999.

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We all know that Boris Karloff performs the entire story, but did you know that the man who sings “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” Thurl Ravenscroft, was the original voice of Tony the Tiger?

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The singing pumpkins, currently working from a range of 11 synchronized tunes, borrow from tricks made to generate the crooning marble busts — the undead Mellomen, including bass singer Thurl Ravenscroft, voice of Tony the Tiger, and in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” the singer of “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” — in Disney World’s Haunted Mansion, singing “Grim Grinning Ghosts.”

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