knur
English edit
Etymology edit
Late Middle English knorre, variant of knarre; see knar (“knot on a tree trunk”).
Cognate with German Knorren (“knurl”) and Danish knor (“knurl”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
knur (plural knurs)
- A knurl.
- The small wooden ball in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
Further reading edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
Verb edit
knur
- imperative of knurre
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъnorzъ. Doublet of kiernoz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
knur m animal (diminutive knurek)
- boar (uncastrated male pig kept for reproduction)
- Synonym: kiernoz
- (colloquial, derogatory) contemptible man
Declension edit
Declension of knur
Derived terms edit
adjective