churr : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: churr	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for churr
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
churr v make a vibrant sound, as of some birds [syn: churr, whirr]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Churr \Churr\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Churred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Churr"ing}.] To make a churr, as a cockchafer. That's the churring of the nightjar. --Hall Caine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Churr \Churr\, n. [Cf. {Chirr}.] A vibrant or whirring noise such as that made by some insects, as the cockchafer, or by some birds, as the nightjar, the partridge, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Churr \Churr\, v. t. To utter by churring.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dunlin \Dun"lin\, n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. dun hill (E. dune), and linne pool, pond, lake, E. lin.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of sandpiper ({Tringa alpina}); -- called also {churr}, {dorbie}, {grass bird}, and {red-backed sandpiper}. It is found both in Europe and America.