Whirr

Word WHIRR
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /wɜː/

Definitions and meanings of "Whirr"

What do we mean by whirr?

To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound. verb

To make a sibilant buzzing or droning sound. verb

To cause (something) to make such a sound. verb

A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion. noun

A bustle of noise and excitement. noun

Make a vibrant sound, as of some birds verb

Make a soft swishing sound verb

Sound of something in rapid motion noun

A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion.

A bustle of noise and excitement.

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The word "whirr" in example sentences

I need to be able to putter and poke at things and get up and wander around and let my brain whirr on the hamster wheel rather than attempting to be disciplined and productive. ❋ Truepenny (2008)

I can see distinctly the little stone cottages in the narrow wynds off South Street, which I was wont to visit; I can recall the whirr and rattle of the loom “ben the house,” and picture to myself the grave elderly man who on my entrance would rise from the rickety machine in front of which he was seated, and, after refreshing himself with a pinch of snuff, adjust his horn-rimmed spectacles and stare, with a seriousness which to me was somewhat disquieting, at the little English boy who had found his way into his presence. ❋ Reid, Stuart J (1905)

I can see distinctly the little stone cottages in the narrow wynds off South Street, which I was wont to visit; I can recall the whirr and rattle of the loom "ben the house," and picture to myself the grave elderly man who on my entrance would rise from the rickety machine in front of which he was seated, and, after refreshing himself with a pinch of snuff, adjust his horn-rimmed spectacles and stare, with a seriousness which to me was somewhat disquieting, at the little English boy who had found his way into his presence. ❋ Unknown (1887)

Against that faint but continuous background were other intermittent noises: the occasional "whirr" of hidden motors carrying out some mysterious and auto - matic task, the "tick," every thirty seconds precisely, of the electric clock, and sometimes the sound of water racing through the pressurised plumbing system. ❋ Clarke, Arthur C. (1951)

Then it struck Desmond that the line was dead: his ear detected none of that busy whirr which is heard in the telephone when one is waiting to get a number. ❋ Valentine Williams (1914)

It was not unlike the "whirr" of machinery, save that it rose and fell in distinct cadences, and occasionally -- as if by preconcerted arrangement on the part of every individual insect in the district -- stopped altogether for a few moments. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)

It was not unlike the "whirr" made by a thrashing-machine -- which any one must have heard who has travelled through an agricultural district. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

First of all was heard a distant rumbling, with the "whirr" of the iron rope far back in the darkness. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

"whirr," the sound growing fainter and fainter till it finally ceases; but if it should run down with the notched side downward, the friction of the point against the table will reduce this final whirr to half its ordinary length, and the coin will finally go down with a sort of ❋ Alfred Rochefort (N/A)

"whirr" went the chains, the heavy weight sank to the ground, and the clock stopped; and the poor mother rushed out of the house calling for her child. ❋ Unknown (1840)

Scenes of the day — houses along the road, dog in the yard, grackles on telephone wire, huddled there for the winter wars, the steady whirr of a car, two children walking to the river — play out their pitiful narratives: stories that are really no story at all. ❋ Sam Rasnake (2011)

“I wonder where that boy has got to” I thought to myself as I fed the notes in and heard that strangely satisfying whirr click as the computer accepted them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Cogs whirr, wires clunk and leering unpleasantness ensues as an ex-con breaks into a house which has been rigged up as a giant mantrap. ❋ Mark Kermode (2010)

A minute later, I heard the whirr of the grinder, and was glad I was still outside. ❋ W.F. Lantry (2012)

Fairies dance in a ring as the gardeners approach, oblivious to the whirr of their engines. ❋ John Olson (2011)

Listening to the whirr of lawn mowers it is easy to forget that it was grass that made Britain great. ❋ Unknown (2011)

When Lord Cut Glass, alone among his 66 clocks, awaits Judgment Day in "a house and a life at siege," the language, too, speeds up to a relentless whirr. ❋ Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim (2011)

The door was sucked shut, the system hummed, clicked, whirred very oddly ... in a way the Criten had never heard an air-lock whirr ... and then the outer door popped loose. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mrs. Paul's cheery soprano, lifted in a hymn, doated through the trees, accompanied by the whirr of an egg-beater. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Elsinore was rushing through a blurring whirr of water. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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