moer

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verb

To beat; to thrash.

OriginAfrikaans moer →
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Meanings

verbmoer (third-person singular simple present moers, present participle moering, simple past and past participle moered)

present singular third person moers · participle present moering · participle past moered · past moered

  1. South AfricatransitiveTo beat; to thrash.
nounmoer (plural moers)

plural moers

  1. South AfricaSomething big or powerful; a whopper; a hell of a thing.

    Lying dead on the surface of the Monument dam was a moer of a big carp.

    2003, Justin Nurse, Chris Verrijdt, Laugh it Off Annual: South African Youth Culture, volume 1, page 71
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    “Some of the teams are coming in,” he said. “They had a moer of a contact. Get your cameras and let's go.”

    2013, Jim Hooper, Koevoet: Experiencing South Africa's Deadly Bush War, page 239

Origin

  1. Afrikaansmoer
  2. Afrikaansmoer
  3. Englishmoer

Borrowed from Afrikaans moer.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

moreRomeOremomerOrmemeroerom
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APA

moer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moer

MLA

“moer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moer.

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