whirring

Speech parts

1. whirring - Noun

2. whirring - Adjective

3. whirring - Verb

Derived from whir

5. whirring - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Whir

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

birr buzz noise drone booming hum wheezing purr whiz sizzling hissing snuffling whir whistling droning
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Antonyms

still low soft moderate quiet depressed
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Hypernyms

sound

Examples

Daily Telegraph 21 April 1936 In the New Statesman he wrote "a harrowing and stark account of poverty" and referred to "clear and violent language, at times making the reader feel he is in a dentist's chair with the drill whirring". Source: Internet

Actually, even with the fan whirring away, we've not found battery life to be that bad. Source: Internet

Despite industrial driers whirring away for four months, it took until March for their house to dry out. Source: Internet

Rescued passengers on Tuesday morning were seen on video streaming across the tarmac with backpacks and hiking shoes, the rotors of a Chinook still whirring. Source: Internet

But as I was making the other night, adding a little white whole wheat flour instead of all white, and whirring the oats so they had just enough texture, I thought--now these would be perfect for strawberry shortcake! Source: Internet

An older woman yelped in pain in the next exam room, each time I heard that whirring sound. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

whirred whirrer whirret whirry whirtle Whisby