knur

Late Middle English knorre, variant of knarre; see knar (“knot on a tree trunk”).

Cognate with German Knorren (“knurl”) and Danish knor (“knurl”).

• IPA^(key): /nɜː(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

knur (plural knurs)

1. A knurl.
2. The small wooden ball in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Knur”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

• Runk

• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

knur

1. imperative of knurre

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъnorzъ. Doublet of kiernoz.

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• Rhymes: -ur
• Syllabification: knur

knur m animal (diminutive knurek, related adjective knurowaty)

1. boar (uncastrated male pig kept for reproduction)

   Synonym: kiernoz

2. (colloquial, derogatory) contemptible man

• “knur”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “knur”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894), “knur”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 111