cor

C3O1R1
Canada, US/kɔɹ/UK/kɔː/

interjection

Expression of surprise.

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wowhomeromer
OriginBiblical Hebrew כֹּר →
CommonScrabble 5
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Meanings

cor1

interjection
  1. CockneyUKExpression of surprise.

    […] 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.

    1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC

    Synonyms: wow

cor2

nouncor (plural cors)

plural cors · alternative kor · alternative core

  1. Any of various former units of volume
    1. historicalunits of measureA Hebrew unit of liquid volume, about equal to 230 L or 60 gallons.
    2. historicalunits of measureSynonym of homer: approximately the same volume as a dry measure.

      Synonyms: homer

    3. historicalunits of measureA roughly equivalent Phoenician unit of volume.

COR3

nounCOR (plural CORs)

plural CORs

  1. Contracting Officer's Technical Representative, or Contracting Officer's Representative, in U.S. government procurement.

CoR4

nounCoR (uncountable)
  1. uncountableCollege of Radiographers, a charitable subsidiary of the Society of Radiographers.
  2. uncountableEuropean Committee of the Regions, the European Union's assembly of local and regional representatives.
  3. uncountableConfederation of Regions Party of Canada, Canadian political party.

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionExpression of surprise.

Similar
wow

nounSynonym of homer: approximately the same volume as a dry measure.

Similar
homer
Similar
omer
Also see
homerwowzoiks

Origin

cor · interjection

A minced oath or dialectal variant of God.

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cor · noun

  1. Biblical Hebrewכֹּר
  2. Englishcor

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cor

fororyourmorestorebeforefourwarsuretourmaturethereforeensureflooroutdoorcorepoorhardcorenorexplorepureMoorehorrorpour
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Sounds the same

corpscore (horse–hoarse merger)caw (non-rhotic)corpscore (horse–hoarse merger)caw (non-rhotic)

Anagrams

rocOCRorccro
Cite this entry
APA

cor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cor

MLA

“cor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cor.

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