whir
/wəː/
US pronunciation
American sound/wəː/
whir
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
US voice -> whir
Myanmar meaning
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- ‘Next to me, Mr. Walker's camera whirred and clicked rapidly.’
- ‘The sounds have been described as drumming, rattling or whirring.’
- ‘It was utterly still as his computer fan whirred with constant speed.’
- ‘The reassuring sound of a milk float whirring by outside your window in the early morning is now a rarity.’
- ‘Cameras from all sides pointed at me, whirring mechanically as they changed their angles of attack.’
- ‘I noticed something was amiss when I checked my email accounts and my mail software froze for a minute or so while the hard drive on my computer whirred.’
- ‘Overhead, a drone whirred menacingly, and a helicopter gunship cruised the coast.’
- ‘This sound was the generator whirring to life once again.’
- ‘The projector in the middle of the domed theatre clicks and whirs into action, showing a stunning display of the night skies.’
- ‘AT 4.48 pm yesterday, on the eve of the biggest news event of the year, the fax machines in newspaper offices across the country whirred into life.’
- ‘I could almost hear the cogs whirring in her head.’
- ‘We have our talk in his office at the Treasury opposite St James's Park; an extra Treasury tape recorder whirring throughout.’
- ‘And this time we leave the tape recorder whirring in the ‘haunted Jacobean bedroom’ for a full half hour.’
- ‘The sounds of machines whirring and bells ringing could be heard as far away as a city block.’
- ‘As the printing press whirred into action for the first edition of the all-new format yesterday, reporter NADIA JEFFERSON-BROWN was on hand to chart the events.’
- ‘At a very human level, televisions flickered off and air-conditioning units stopped whirring in sweltering heat.’
- ‘She typed in the details, and then a few seconds later, the printer started whirring at the other end of the desk.’
- ‘Between snatches it was not idle, sailing out to intercept a passing fly, then poising in the air with rapidly whirring wings as it neatly picked an insect from the underside of a leaf.’
- ‘Cobwebs dangled from the ceiling, flitting around as a box fan whirred.’
- ‘There were so many machines and servers whirring away in the background I may as well have stayed at my desk.’
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