cair

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points: 6
Words With Friends: 7
Letters: 4

Definition of cair

7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

name

(US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Clean Air Interstate Rule.

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name

(US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Clean Air Interstate Rule.
(US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Council on American-Islamic Relations.

noun

(Australia, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable)Acronym of confidential aviation incident reporting.
(alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of caer (“Welsh fortress”).

verb

(intransitive, obsolete)To go.
(obsolete, transitive)To carry.
(dialectal, transitive)To toss backwards and forwards; mix up; overhandle; stir about.

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Etymology

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From Middle English cairen, kayren, from Old Norse keyra (“to whip, lash, fling, toss, prick on, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną (“to turn, sweep”). Cognate with Icelandic keyra (“to run, drive, urge”), Swedish köra (“to drive, go, run”), Danish køre (“to drive”), Norwegian Bokmål kjøre (“to drive”), Norwegian Nynorsk køyra (“to drive”), Old English ċierran (“to turn, change, go, come”). More at char.

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