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whirr

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5 lettersPronunciation /wɜː/Part of speech verb, nounSorted hirrwStarts with WEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. make a vibrant sound, as of some birds

Word origin

From Middle English whirren, probably from Old Norse: compare Danish hvirre, virre, Norwegian kvirre, Old Norse hvirfla (“to whirl, spread”).

Used in a sentence

  • At that moment a flight of birds passed close overhead, and at the whirr of their wings a panic fear seized her.
  • Then the exploding whirr of wings in the wind — a mixed covey of bobwhites and scalies.

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