Definitions

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  • An obsolete spelling of hoar.

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Examples

  • The word hoor occurs in the Qur'an in no less than four different places: In Surah Dukhan chapter 44, verse 54 "Moreover, We shall join them to companions With beautiful, big and lustrous eyes."

    My Right Word 2009

  • The word hoor occurs in the Qur'an in no less than four different places: In Surah Dukhan chapter 44, verse 54 "Moreover, We shall join them to companions With beautiful, big and lustrous eyes."

    My Right Word 2009

  • The word hoor occurs in the Qur'an in no less than four different places: In Surah Dukhan chapter 44, verse 54 "Moreover, We shall join them to companions With beautiful, big and lustrous eyes."

    My Right Word 2009

  • Hickey) as a "hoor" and saying she "didn't give a shite" that Mr Agnew had had another "love child" by a woman now living in France.

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Ik hoor daar ook bij, vandaar dat ik eerder ernstig negatief gestemd was.

    Global Voices in English » Netherlands: Too young to sail the world alone at 13? 2009

  • De Engelse versie bestel ik dan toch ook nog wel hoor.

    Een leven, een liefde, een weblog 2008

  • "Ain't no hoor-mistress gonna order me aroun '!" says he, and stalked off; most of the emigrants reluctantly followed him, and the Pittsburgh boys hoorawed anew, and began to make for their wagons.

    Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

  • Ik hoor daar ook bij, vandaar dat ik eerder ernstig negatief gestemd was.

    Is 13-Year-Old Too Young to Sail Around the World? 2009

  • A classy hoor, if you will and barely anyone knew about it.

    Urgent Urgent, Emergency. « Hilarity Ensues 2009

  • I didn't hear the conversation, but in my mind, while it might have begun with I want my ring back, you hoor! it almost certainly moved to tongue-in-somebody's-ear, and further use of that big Detroit front seat in a real hurry.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Steve Perry 2009

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  • Hoor is the verb to hear in Dutch. It is not a woman of loose morals as it may sound to the English-speaking ear. Yes, hearing 'hoor' everywhere you go is quite an adjustment!

    November 28, 2008

  • I wonder what it means in Urdu.

    November 28, 2008

  • Interesting: http://discovering-islam.blogspot.com/2007/12/hoor.html

    November 29, 2008

  • Very useful, thanks sarra.

    November 29, 2008