Definitions for whir

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Spelling: [hwur, wur]

IPA: /ʰwɜr, wɜr/

Whir is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 15 anagrams from letters in whir (hirw).

Definitions for whir

noun

1. an act or sound of whirring:

verb (used with object)

1. to move or transport (a thing, person, etc.) with a whirring sound:

verb (used without object)

1. to go, fly, revolve, or otherwise move quickly with a humming or buzzing sound:

Origin of whir

1350-1400; Middle English quirre (Scots) Scandinavian; compare Danish hvirre, Norwegian kvirra. See whirl

Examples for whir

He was prepared for the whir of the dial now but still it frightened him a little.

We hear the whir of the crescent-shaped arms opening as they descend.

As we approach the rumble of guns grows louder and alternates with the whir of cannonballs, which begin to attract his attention.

The whir of the circling NYPD helicopter muffled their chants calling for unity and calling out police brutality.

It flared there, with noises like the whir of wings, with rumbles as of thunder.

After another cannon, a three-cushion one to judge by the whir, I argued no more.

Then, oh, the whir and whisper of the autumn wind among the trees!

Presently a brace of prairie-chickens rose with a whir of wings.

For a long time I heard nothing but the whir and roar of the fire.

They were deep in the forest when they heard a whir overhead.