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  • 1whirr — whir [wə: US wə:r] v past tense and past participle whirred present participle whirring [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from a [i]Scandinavian language] to make a fairly quiet regular sound, like the sound of a bird or insect moving its wings… …

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  • 2whirr — [ wɜr, hwɜr ] another spelling of whir …

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  • 3whirr — meaning ‘to make a continuous buzzing sound’, is spelt with two rs in BrE and usually with one r in AmE, and the corresponding noun follows suit. The verb has inflected forms whirred, whirring in both varieties …

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  • 4whirr — (also whir) ► VERB (whirred, whirring) ▪ (of something rapidly rotating or moving to and fro) make a low, continuous, regular sound. ► NOUN ▪ a whirring sound. ORIGIN probably Scandinavian …

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  • 5whirr — [[t](h)wɜ͟ː(r)[/t]] whirrs, whirring, whirred also whir VERB When something such as a machine or an insect s wing whirrs, it makes a series of low sounds so quickly that they seem like one continuous sound. The camera whirred and clicked. [V ing] …

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  • 6whirr — verb Whirr is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑machine …

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  • 7whirr whirred, whirring — verb (I) to make a fairly quiet, regular sound, like the sound of a bird or insect moving its wings very fast: Cameras whirred and reporters scribbled. whirr noun (countable usually singular) …

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  • 8whirr — [wɜː] verb [I] to make a fast repeated quiet sound whirr noun [singular] …

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  • 9whirr — /wɜ / (say wer) verb (i) (whirred, whirring) 1. to go, fly, dart, revolve, or otherwise move quickly with a vibratory or buzzing sound. –noun 2. the act or sound of whirring: the whirr of wings. Also, whir. {Middle English, from Scandinavian;… …

  • 10whirr — I. verb see whir I II. noun see whir II …

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