whirring : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: whirring	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for whirring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whirring adj like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings n sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's wings"; "the whir of the propellers" Synonym(s): whir, whirr, whirring, birr
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whir \Whir\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whirred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whirring}.] [Perhaps of imitative origin; cf. D. hvirre to whirl, and E. hurr, hurry, whirl. [?][?][?].] To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz. The partridge bursts away on whirring wings. --Beattie.