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Birr   /bər/   Listen
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, sound, Ethiopian monetary unit



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