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Synonyms
bur1,
also burr (bûr)

[Middle English burre, of Scandinavian origin.]

noun 

    1. A rough prickly husk or covering surrounding the seeds or fruits of plants such as the chestnut or the burdock.
    2. A plant producing such husks or coverings.
  2. A persistently clinging or nettlesome person or thing.
  3. A rough protuberance, especially a burl on a tree.
  4. Any of various rotary cutting tools designed to be attached to a drill.
bur2 (bûr)

noun verb 

Variant of burr2
bur3 (bûr)

noun 

Variant of burr3
burr2,
also bur (bûr)

[Imitative.]

noun 

  1. A trilling of the letter r, usually made with the tip of the tongue and characteristic of Scottish speech.
  2. A buzzing or whirring sound.

verb: burred, burr·ing, burrs, also burs 

transitive verb 

To pronounce with a burr.

intransitive verb 

  1. To speak with a burr.
  2. To make a buzzing or whirring sound.
burr3,
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.