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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an inferior dog or one of mixed breed;
[syn: cur, mongrel, mutt]

2. a cowardly and despicable person;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cur \Cur\ (k[^u]r), n. [OE. curre, kur; cf. dial. Sw. kurre dog, OD. korre watchdog, and Icel. kurra to murmur, grumble, Sw. kurra to rumble, croak, Dan. kurre to coo, whirr; prob. of imitative origin.] 1. A mongrel or inferior dog. [1913 Webster] They . . . like to village curs, Bark when their fellows do. -- Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A worthless, snarling fellow; -- used in contempt. [1913 Webster] What would you have, you curs, That like nor peace nor war? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cur n 1: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur, mongrel, mutt] 2: a cowardly and despicable person
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "cur": animal, beast, bounder, dog, hound, hyena, insect, lurcher, mongrel, mutt, pariah dog, pig, polecat, reptile, riffraff, rotter, scum, serpent, shit, shithead, skunk, snake, stinkard, stinker, swine, toad, varmint, vermin, viper, whelp, worm