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Birr
/bər/
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Birr
verb
(past & past part.
birred
; pres. part.
birring
)
1.
Make a soft swishing sound.
Synonyms:
purr
,
whir
,
whirr
,
whiz
,
whizz
.
"The car engine purred"
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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
Words linked to "Birr" :
cent
,
go
,
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,
Ethiopian monetary unit
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