- Whir
- Pronunciation:
-
[hwur, wur]
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- late Middle English (in the sense 'move with a whirring sound'): probably of Scandinavian origin
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: a whirring sound
<the whir of the projector>
whir. (2013). In Oxford Online Dictionary. Retrieved March 14, 2013, from //oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/whir?q=whir
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