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Whir

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Noun

1. birr, whir, whirr, whirring

sound of something in rapid motion

Example Sentences:
'whir of a bird's wings'
'the whir of the propellers'

Verb

2. birr, purr, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz

make a soft swishing sound

Example Sentences:
'the motor whirred'
'the car engine purred'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Whir

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noun
1. 
a prolonged soft swish or buzz, as of a motor working or wings flapping
2. 
a bustle or rush
verbWord forms: whirs, whirrs, whirring or whirred
3. 
to make or cause to make a whir

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Whir

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verb intransitive, verb transitiveWord forms: whirred or ˈwhirring
1. 
to fly, revolve, vibrate, or otherwise move quickly with a whizzing or buzzing sound
noun
2. 
a sound like this, as that made by a bird's wings or a propeller

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Whir

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v. whirred, whir·ring, whirs
v.intr.
To produce a vibrating or buzzing sound or move while making such a sound: The fan whirred in the window. A bee whirred past my ear.
v.tr.
To cause to make or move with such a sound: "She whirred the wheel of the sewing-machine round and round" (Virginia Woolf).
n.
A sound of buzzing or vibration: the whir of turning wheels.

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