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Whirring

adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Spinning rapidly.
  2. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A whirr, the sounds of a whirr.
  2. 2
    sound of something in rapid motion wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of whirr form-of, gerund, participle, present

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