churr
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Local birdwatcher Neil Bostock was the first to discover the birds on 3 June after hearing the "churr" before male and female birds were seen engaging in mating displays, signalling their intent to breed.
From BBC • Aug. 9, 2018
“I didn’t really trust it. I remember walking into a received pronunciation class and they were all going ‘How Now Brown Cow’ and I said ‘Do you huv a spur churr?’
From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2017
Once, the faint churr of a distant fern-owl sent a vibrant dissonance, that was yet strangely soothing, through the darkness and the silence.
From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona
Even the grasshoppers ceased their churr in the trees—only a window rattled somewhere.
From The Torrents of Spring by Garnett, Constance
If churn is anywhere dialectal for churr, it must have come from the common mistake of substituting a familiar for an unknown word: and this is the worst way of making homophones.
From Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems by Society for Pure English
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