Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

whirredmore about whirred

whirred


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whir  \Whir\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Whirred};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Whirring}.]  [Perhaps  of  imitative  origin;  cf  D.  hvirre  to 
  whirl,  and  E.  hurr,  hurry,  whirl.  ???.] 
  To  whirl  round,  or  revolve,  with  a  whizzing  noise;  to  fly  or 
  more  quickly  with  a  buzzing  or  whizzing  sound;  to  whiz. 
 
  The  partridge  bursts  away  on  whirring  wings.  --Beattie. 




more about whirred