curr

verb

Definition of currnext
as in to coo

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curr
  1. coo
  2. hiss
  3. whisper
  4. sigh
Verb
  • The two young white women with long, straight hair hugged me and cooed and wiped my eyes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • Johnson is a melodic savant, with a knack for knowing just how often to add seductive flourishes like a wordless, cooing chorus.
    — Troy Carpenter, SPIN, 15 June 2026
Definition of coo
Verb
  • Andy the Alligator hisses, the sound provided by a recording of bacon frying in a pan.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In the first week of the COVID shutdown, Holmes packed her two hissing black cats, donned an N95 mask and flew to LAX.
    — Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of hiss
Verb
  • Their brother turned to whisper something to his lawyer as the judge spoke.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Whoever finds my key shall travel far, said Nana, though people whispered that the road to her house had no end.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of whisper
Verb
  • The blunderbuss of violations of the basic decorum and dignity of democracy have become such a daily matter that the increasingly familiar response is to sigh and surrender.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
  • When football fans saw three straight Primetime games on the NFL schedule for the Atlanta Falcons, there were some social media eye rolls, sighs and more, and who could blame them?
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of sigh
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“Curr.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curr. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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