Whirr

Definition

whirr (also whir ) /wɜ:(r)/ n (usu sing ) (စက္) တဝီဝီလည္သံ။ (ေတာင္ပံ) တဖ်ပ္ဖ်ပ္ခတ္သံ။ the whirr of a fan/motor/propeller. v ယင္းအသံျမည္သည္။ whirring helicopters ❍ The coffee machine made a series of whirring and clicking sounds.

Examples

1. ‘Next to me
2. Mr. Walker's camera whirred and clicked rapidly.’
3. ‘The sounds have been described as drumming
4. rattling or whirring.’
5. ‘It was utterly still as his computer fan whirred with constant speed.’
6. ‘The reassuring sound of a milk float whirring by outside your window in the early morning is now a rarity.’
7. ‘Cameras from all sides pointed at me
8. whirring mechanically as they changed their angles of attack.’
9. ‘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.’
10. ‘Overhead
11. a drone whirred menacingly
12. and a helicopter gunship cruised the coast.’
13. ‘This sound was the generator whirring to life once again.’
14. ‘The projector in the middle of the domed theatre clicks and whirs into action
15. showing a stunning display of the night skies.’
16. ‘AT 4.48 pm yesterday
17. on the eve of the biggest news event of the year
18. the fax machines in newspaper offices across the country whirred into life.’
19. ‘I could almost hear the cogs whirring in her head.’
20. ‘We have our talk in his office at the Treasury opposite St James's Park; an extra Treasury tape recorder whirring throughout.’
21. ‘And this time we leave the tape recorder whirring in the ‘haunted Jacobean bedroom’ for a full half hour.’
22. ‘The sounds of machines whirring and bells ringing could be heard as far away as a city block.’
23. ‘As the printing press whirred into action for the first edition of the all-new format yesterday
24. reporter NADIA JEFFERSON-BROWN was on hand to chart the events.’
25. ‘At a very human level
26. televisions flickered off and air-conditioning units stopped whirring in sweltering heat.’
27. ‘She typed in the details
28. and then a few seconds later
29. the printer started whirring at the other end of the desk.’
30. ‘Between snatches it was not idle
31. sailing out to intercept a passing fly
32. then poising in the air with rapidly whirring wings as it neatly picked an insect from the underside of a leaf.’
33. ‘Cobwebs dangled from the ceiling
34. flitting around as a box fan whirred.’
35. ‘There were so many machines and servers whirring away in the background I may as well have stayed at my desk.’