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Webster 1913 Edition

Whir

Whir

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Whirred
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Whirring
.]
[Perhaps of imitative origin; cf. D.
hvirre
to whirl, and E.
hurr
,
hurry
,
whirl
. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK].]
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.

Whir

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Whir
to whiz.]
To hurry a long with a whizzing sound.
[R.]
This world to me is like a lasting storm,
Whirring
me from my friends.
Shakespeare

Whir

,
Noun.
A buzzing or whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling motion;
as, the
whir
of a partridge; the
whir
of a spinning wheel.

Webster 1828 Edition

Whir

WHIR

,
Verb.
I.
hwur. To whirl round with noise; to fly with noise.

WHIR

,
Verb.
T.
To hurry.

Definition 2024

whir

whir

English

Noun

whir ‎(plural whirs)

  1. Alternative spelling of whirr
    • 1909, William Hope Hodgson, The Ghost Pirates
      Suddenly, the time-keeper struck three bells, and the deeper notes of the bell forrard, answered them. I gave a start. It seemed to me that they had been struck close to my elbow. There was something unaccountably strange in the air that night. Then, even as the Second Mate answered the look-out's "All's well," there came the sharp whir and rattle of running gear, on the port side of the mainmast.

Verb

whir ‎(third-person singular simple present whirs, present participle whirring, simple past and past participle whirred)

  1. Alternative spelling of whirr

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