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purr

noun as in noise

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Moments later, the cat lays purring and writhing on the ground until it "dies".

From BBC

“It likes me better,” she said, and the broom purred beneath them.

“Not such a mighty and powerful warlord now, are you?” he said, purring.

A purring engine of privilege collided with a barrage of perfectly timed questions.

From BBC

A healthy coral reef is noisy, full of the croaks, purrs, and grunts of various fishes and the crackling of snapping shrimp.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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