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Birr   /bər/   Listen
noun
Birr  n.  
1.
A whirring sound, as of a spinning wheel.
2.
A rush or impetus; force.


verb
Birr  v. i.  (past & past part. birred; pres. part. birring)  To make, or move with, a whirring noise, as of wheels in motion.





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"Birr" Quotes from Famous Books



... "I heard 'birr! birr!' and a magnificent covey rose at ten paces from me. I aimed. Pif! paf! and I saw a shower, a veritable shower of birds. ...
— Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete • Guy de Maupassant
... at Playford, on a visit to Arthur Biddell. On Apr. 9th my daughter Annot was born. From July 22nd to August 25th I was travelling in the South of Ireland, chiefly to see Valencia and consider the question of determining its longitude: during this journey I visited Lord Rosse at Birr Castle, and returned to Weymouth, where my family were staying at the time. In October I visited Cambridge, and in December I ...
— Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy • George Biddell Airy
... unworthy of the House with the Green Shutters—that was the gist of it. Every time he set eyes on the poor trollop, the fresh perception of her incompetence which the sudden sight of her flashed, as she trailed aimlessly about, seemed to fatten his rage and give a coarser birr to his tongue. ...
— The House with the Green Shutters • George Douglas Brown


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