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Definition of "cur" [cur]

  • A dog considered to be inferior or undesirable; a mongrel. (noun)
  • A base or cowardly person. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "cur" in a sentence
  • "_gradle_complete () local cur tasks COMPREPLY = () cur = $ {COMP_WORDS [COMP_CWORD]} tasks = 'clean compile dists javadoc jar test war' cur = ` echo $cur | sed 's/\\\\"
  • "The next instant the latter kicked me, violently, as a cur is kicked."
  • "But the position of debtor to a titled cur brings a worse for endurance."