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whirring en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Spinning rapidly.
  2. Producing a whirr; giving off a whirring noise.
    • From inside the mill there came a whizzing, whirring, and clashing sound, and now and then a bright saw-blade flashed in the air, as if in combat with the spirits of the night, to cut the stumps and uneven ends off the logs. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 154:

Forms

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more whirring Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most whirring Degree=Sup lexicographic

whirring en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A whirr, the sounds of a whirr.

Forms

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whirrings Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (2)

wyi kart tirring (Translations) · es zurrido (Translations)

whirring en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of whirr
    form of whirr