whir
verb (used without object)
to go, fly, revolve, or otherwise move quickly with a humming or buzzing sound.
whirr
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a variation of
whir.
Example Sentences
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Zhang occasionally tosses in a distant whirr like the kind you hear in sci-fi films denoting an approaching UFO.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
Critics argue that the whirr of chopper blades is drowning out the sound of birds, bubbling lava and babbling brooks.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
At an unfinished Country Garden residential complex on the outskirts of the northern Chinese metropolis of Tianjin, construction has slowed to a dull whirr and a few idle workers roam a near-empty site.
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2023
If you want to go all out, whirr the dried pods with some sea salt and then mix that salt with fleur de sel or flake salt.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2022
There was a sort of whirr and then the cardboard box began to move through the water.
From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan
