What does CUR mean?
Definitions for CUR
kɜrcur
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Princeton's WordNet
cur, mongrel, muttnoun
an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
curnoun
a cowardly and despicable person
Wiktionary
curnoun
A mongrel or inferior dog.
curnoun
A detestable person.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Curnoun
Etymology: korre, Dutch.
How does your fallow greyhound, sir? ——
’Tis a good dog. ————
—— A cur, sir. ————
—— Sir, he’s a good dog, and a fair dog. William Shakespeare.Here’s an old drudging cur turned off to shift for himself, for want of the very teeth and heels that he had lost in his master’s service. Roger L'Estrange, Fable 25.
A cur may bear
The name of tiger, lion, or whate’er
Denotes the noblest or the fairest beast. John Dryden, Juvenal.What would you have, ye curs,
That like not peace nor war? William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.This knight had occasion to inquire the way to St. Anne’s-lane; upon which the person, whom he spoke to, called him a young popish cur, and asked him, who made Anne a saint. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 125.
Wikipedia
CUR
A cur is a type of dog.
ChatGPT
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Cur is often used to refer to a mixed-breed dog that is usually short-haired. The term was initially used in a derogatory manner but is now used in a more neutral or sometimes positive context, particularly in the Southern United States. It can also represent specific mixed-breed types of dogs such as the Mountain Cur, Black Mouth Cur, and Treeing Cur among others. The term "cur" can also be used in a figurative sense to describe an unattractive or aggressive person.
Webster Dictionary
Curnoun
a mongrel or inferior dog
Curnoun
a worthless, snarling fellow; -- used in contempt
Etymology: [OE. curre, kur; cf. dial. Sw. kurre dog, OD. korre watchdog, and Icel. kurra to murmur, grumble, Sw. kurra to rumble, croak, Dan. kurre to coo, whirr; prob. of imitative origin.]
Wikidata
Cur
Cur as slang refers to a type of random-bred, or mixed-breed dog. This article deals with Cur as a functional grouping of pure breeds.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cur
kur, n. a worthless dog, of low breed: a churlish fellow.—adj. Cur′rish.—adv. Cur′rishly.—n. Cur′rishness. [M. E. curre; cf. Old Dut. korre, Dan. kurre, to whir.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
cur
An east-country term for the bull-head.
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CUR
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
CUR
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cur is ranked #159712 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Cur surname appeared 101 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cur.
79.2% or 80 total occurrences were White.
7.9% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
6.9% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of CUR in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of CUR in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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