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What (who) is cur - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
CUR (disambiguation)
cur
![The [[Catahoula Leopard Dog]], a recognized cur breed](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1. Catahoula Leopard Dog, Buck.jpg?width=200 "The [[Catahoula Leopard Dog]], a recognized cur breed")
DOG TYPE
British Cur Dog; North American Cur
(curs)
A cur is an unfriendly dog, especially a mongrel. (OLD-FASHIONED)
N-COUNT
Cur
DOG TYPE
British Cur Dog; North American Cur
·noun A mongrel or inferior dog.
II. Cur ·noun A worthless, snarling fellow;
- used in contempt.
cur
DOG TYPE
British Cur Dog; North American Cur
[k?:]
¦ noun
1. an aggressive dog, especially a mongrel.
2. informal a despicable man.
Origin
ME: prob. orig. in cur-dog, perh. from ON kurr 'grumbling'.
Wikipedia
CUR
A cur is a type of dog.
CUR may refer to:
- The IAAF code for Curaçao
- The IATA code for Hato International Airport, Curaçao
- Cambridge University Radio
CUR, file format for cursor images from Microsoft, practically identical to ICO (icon image file format)- The Greater scaup was historically known in southern England as the Cur
- The French gastronomic critic Curnonsky
Examples of use of cur
1. In a Yewdale tree you can hear this retort÷ Cuck cuck–cuck–cur–r–r cuck–k–k!
2. It was scraggly and covered with sores; I think the appropriate word for it would be cur. When I finished laying out how they might be genetically related to the cur outside, they went off and started talking among themselves very intently.
3. It was scraggly and covered with sores; I think the appropriate word for it would be ‘cur.‘ When I finished laying out how they might be genetically related to the cur outside, they went off and started talking among themselves very intently.
4. Shakespeare – or whoever it really was that put words in the mouth of the "impenetrable cur" – challenged his audience with the "I am a Jew" speech.
5. Max, our other dog, is a cur, or "township special" as they are known in these parts, from the local SPCA.