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whirring |
2 definitions 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: whirring adj : like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings n : sound of something in rapid motion: "whir of a bird's wings"; "the whir of the propellers" [syn: {whir}, {whirr}]
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