burr
1 (bûr)
[Variant of bur1.]
noun
- A rough edge or area remaining on material, such as metal, after it has been cast, cut, or drilled.
- Variant of bur1
transitive verb: burred, burr·ing, burrs.
- To form a burr on.
- To remove burrs from.
burr
2,
also bur
(bûr)
[Imitative.]
noun
- A trilling of the letter r, usually made with the tip of the tongue and characteristic of Scottish speech.
- A buzzing or whirring sound.
verb: burred, burr·ing, burrs, also burs
transitive verb
- To pronounce with a burr.
intransitive verb
- To speak with a burr.
- To make a buzzing or whirring sound.
burr
3,
also bur
(bûr)
[Middle English burre, ring, disk, alteration of burwhe, circle, disk.]
noun
- A washer that fits around the smaller end of a rivet.
bur
1,
also burr
(bûr)
[Middle English burre, of Scandinavian origin.]
noun
- A rough prickly husk or covering surrounding the seeds or fruits of plants such as the chestnut or the burdock.
- A plant producing such husks or coverings.
- A persistently clinging or nettlesome person or thing.
- A rough protuberance, especially a burl on a tree.
- Any of various rotary cutting tools designed to be attached to a drill.
