Whirring
1Whirring — 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 …
2whirring — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. whizzing, humming, hissing, buzzing; see noise 1 …
3whirring — n. buzz, rapid rustling (e.g. of a bird´s wings) v. buzz, rustle rapidly …
4whirring — n. Whiz, buzzing noise …
5whirring — I noun sound of something in rapid motion (Freq. 2) whir of a bird s wings the whir of the propellers • Syn: ↑whir, ↑whirr, ↑birr • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
6whirr whirred, whirring — verb (I) to make a fairly quiet, regular sound, like the sound of a bird or insect moving its wings very fast: Cameras whirred and reporters scribbled. whirr noun (countable usually singular) …
7whirr — [[t](h)wɜ͟ː(r)[/t]] whirrs, whirring, whirred also whir VERB When something such as a machine or an insect s wing whirrs, it makes a series of low sounds so quickly that they seem like one continuous sound. The camera whirred and clicked. [V ing] …
8Beware the Gray Ghost — Infobox Television episode Title = Beware the Gray Ghost Series = Season = 1 Episode = 18 Airdate = November 4, 1992 Writer = D. O Flaherty Tom Ruegger Director = Boyd Kirkland Episode list = Prev = Next = Prophecy of Doom Beware the Gray Ghost… …
9List of Sugar Rush episodes — This is a list of episodes of the British television programme Sugar Rush, broadcast by Channel 4 from 2005 to 2006. There have been 2 series of the programme, the first airing in 2005 and the second in 2006. Each series consists of ten episodes …
10bull-roarer — /bool rawr euhr, rohr /, n. a wooden slat that produces a roaring sound when whirled around one s head on the end of a string or thong, used by some peoples of the world in religious ceremonies and by others as a toy. Also called thunderstick.… …
