Definition/Meaning of cor
- English - Interjection: cor (Cockney, UK) Expression of surprise . 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC: […] She perused it with an interested eye and having mastered its contents said, “ Cor chase my Aunt Fanny up a gum tree,” adding that you never knew what was going to happen next these days.
- English - Noun: cor (plural cors) (historical) Any of various former unit s of volume : A Hebrew unit of liquid volume , about equal to 230 L or 60 gallon s. (historical) Synonym of homer : approximately the same volume as a dry measure . (historical) A roughly equivalent Phoenician unit of volume .
- English - Anagrams: CRO OCR orc , ORC roc , ROC
- English - Etymology: Etymology 1. A minced oath or dialectal variant of God . Etymology 2. Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).
- English - Pronunciation: (Canada, General American) IPA: /kɔɹ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kɔː/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Homophone: corps Homophone: core (horse–hoarse merger) Homophone: caw (non-rhotic) Homophone: corps Homophone: core (horse–hoarse merger)