"cur" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɜː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kɝ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cur.wav [Southern-England] Forms: curs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English curre (“watchdog, small hunting dog, mongrel, mutt”), perhaps of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin. Compare Middle Dutch corre (“domestic dog, yard dog, watch-dog”), dialectal Dutch korre (“dog, yard dog”), dialectal Swedish kurre (“a dog”). Compare also Old Norse kurra (“to growl; grumble”), Middle Low German kurren, korren (“to growl”). Compare also Middle Dutch querie (“female dog, bitch”). Also Irish and Scottish Gaelic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/c%C3%B9#Scottish_Gaelic Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|curre|t=watchdog, small hunting dog, mongrel, mutt}} Middle English curre (“watchdog, small hunting dog, mongrel, mutt”), {{der|en|gml|-}} Middle Low German, {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{cog|dum|corre|t=domestic dog, yard dog, watch-dog}} Middle Dutch corre (“domestic dog, yard dog, watch-dog”), {{cog|nl|korre|t=dog, yard dog}} Dutch korre (“dog, yard dog”), {{cog|sv|kurre||a dog}} Swedish kurre (“a dog”), {{cog|non|kurra|t=to growl; grumble}} Old Norse kurra (“to growl; grumble”), {{cog|gml|kurren}} Middle Low German kurren, {{m|gml|korren|t=to growl}} korren (“to growl”), {{ncog|dum|querie|t=female dog, bitch}} Middle Dutch querie (“female dog, bitch”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cur (plural curs)
  1. (dated or humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog. Translations (contemptible dog): пес (pes) [masculine] (Bulgarian), помияр (pomijar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), køter [common-gender] (Danish), mormel [neuter] (Dutch), hundaĉo (Esperanto), rakki (Finnish), piski (Finnish), clébard [masculine] (French), corniaud [masculine] (French), roquet [masculine] (French), clebs [masculine] (French), tus [masculine] (Galician), tisco [masculine] (Galician), cuzo [masculine] (Galician), quisquelo [masculine] (Galician), Köter [masculine] (German), κοπρίτης (koprítis) [masculine] (Greek), korcs kutya [singular] (Hungarian), amhsán [masculine] (Irish), amhsóg [feminine] (Irish), ла́нгач (lángač) [masculine] (Macedonian), kjøter [masculine] (Norwegian), kundel [masculine] (Polish), vira-lata [masculine] (Portuguese), rafeiro (Portuguese), javră [feminine] (Romanian), potaie [feminine] (Romanian), дворняга (dvornjaga) (Russian), ша́вка (šávka) (Russian), chucho [masculine] (Spanish), quiltro [Chile] (Spanish), byracka [common-gender] (Swedish), כּלבֿ (keylev) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-cur-en-noun-nLBAaJp7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'contemptible dog': 87 13
  2. (dated or humorous) A detestable person. Translations (detestable person): sjover [common-gender] (Danish), hondsvot [masculine] (Dutch), lurjus (Finnish), chien [masculine] (French), roquet [masculine] (French), Köter [masculine] (German), κοπρίτης (koprítis) [masculine] (Greek), suarachán [masculine] (Irish), maistín [masculine] (Irish), draoidín [masculine] (Irish), scelestus [masculine] (Latin), ла́нгач (lángač) [masculine] (Macedonian), dogge (Middle English), ша́вка (šávka) (Russian), כּלבֿ (keylev) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-cur-en-noun-pMB52nQK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 36 64 Disambiguation of 'detestable person': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: curdog Related terms: bitsa, bitser, mongrel, mutt

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page vi. 54",
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        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmq",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "North Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "corre",
        "t": "domestic dog, yard dog, watch-dog"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch corre (“domestic dog, yard dog, watch-dog”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "korre",
        "t": "dog, yard dog"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "kurre",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a dog"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish kurre (“a dog”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "kurra",
        "t": "to growl; grumble"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kurra (“to growl; grumble”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "kurren"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German kurren",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "korren",
        "t": "to growl"
      },
      "expansion": "korren (“to growl”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "querie",
        "t": "female dog, bitch"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch querie (“female dog, bitch”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English curre (“watchdog, small hunting dog, mongrel, mutt”), perhaps of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin. Compare Middle Dutch corre (“domestic dog, yard dog, watch-dog”), dialectal Dutch korre (“dog, yard dog”), dialectal Swedish kurre (“a dog”). Compare also Old Norse kurra (“to growl; grumble”), Middle Low German kurren, korren (“to growl”). Compare also Middle Dutch querie (“female dog, bitch”).\nAlso Irish and Scottish Gaelic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/c%C3%B9#Scottish_Gaelic",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "curs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cur (plural curs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bitsa"
    },
    {
      "word": "bitser"
    },
    {
      "word": "mongrel"
    },
    {
      "word": "mutt"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.",
          "roman": "Of fals double tunges in the diſpite.",
          "text": "A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell\nThen Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel;\nWherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1897, Joseph Conrad, “II”, in An Outpost of Progress",
          "text": "He threw the soapsuds skilfully over a wretched little yellow cur he had, then turning his face to the agent's house, he shouted from the distance, \"All the men gone last night!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A contemptible or inferior dog."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "contemptible",
          "contemptible"
        ],
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ],
        [
          "dog",
          "dog"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "dated or humorous",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated or humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page vi. 54",
          "text": "\"Who 's a cur - now - hey?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A detestable person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "detestable",
          "detestable"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "dated or humorous",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated or humorous) A detestable person."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɜː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɝ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Kerr"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cur.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cur.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cur.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cur.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cur.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pes",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пес"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pomijar",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "помияр"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "køter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mormel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "word": "hundaĉo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "word": "rakki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "word": "piski"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clébard"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corniaud"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "roquet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clebs"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tus"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tisco"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quisquelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Köter"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "koprítis",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κοπρίτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "korcs kutya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amhsán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amhsóg"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lángač",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ла́нгач"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kjøter"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kundel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vira-lata"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "word": "rafeiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "javră"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "potaie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvornjaga",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "word": "дворняга"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šávka",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "word": "ша́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chucho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "Chile"
      ],
      "word": "quiltro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "byracka"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "keylev",
      "sense": "contemptible dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "כּלבֿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "detestable person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sjover"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "detestable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hondsvot"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "detestable person",
      "word": "lurjus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "detestable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chien"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "detestable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "roquet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "detestable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Köter"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "koprítis",
      "sense": "detestable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κοπρίτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "detestable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suarachán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "detestable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maistín"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "detestable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "draoidín"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "detestable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scelestus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lángač",
      "sense": "detestable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ла́нгач"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "detestable person",
      "word": "dogge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šávka",
      "sense": "detestable person",
      "word": "ша́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "keylev",
      "sense": "detestable person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "כּלבֿ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cur"
}

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