"smur" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /smɜː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /smɜːɹ/ (note: UK, rhotic) Forms: smurs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: Uncertain; possibly related to smoor; confront with smùr. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{m|en|smoor}} smoor, {{m|gd|smùr}} smùr Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} smur (countable and uncountable, plural smurs)
  1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) drizzle, light rain Tags: Scotland, countable, dialectal, uncountable Categories (topical): Rain
    Sense id: en-smur-en-noun-bZvCKeHi Disambiguation of Rain: 55 45 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: smurr, smir

Verb

IPA: /smɜː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /smɜːɹ/ (note: UK, rhotic) Forms: smurs [present, singular, third-person], smurring [participle, present], smurred [participle, past], smurred [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: Uncertain; possibly related to smoor; confront with smùr. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{m|en|smoor}} smoor, {{m|gd|smùr}} smùr Head templates: {{en-verb}} smur (third-person singular simple present smurs, present participle smurring, simple past and past participle smurred)
  1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland, intransitive) to drizzle, to rain lightly Tags: Scotland, dialectal, intransitive Categories (topical): Rain
    Sense id: en-smur-en-verb-ah85QIO8 Disambiguation of Rain: 55 45 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: smurr, smir

Inflected forms

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