Definition of whir

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

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Eddy :: Eddy (n.) A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool.
Whirled :: Whirled (imp. & p. p.) of Whir.
Whirling :: Whirling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whir.
Gyral :: Gyral (a.) Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.
Giddy :: Giddy (v. i.) To reel; to whirl.
Waltz :: Waltz (n.) A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a piece of music composed in triple measure for this kind of dance..
Swish :: Swish (n.) A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air..
Hurtle :: Hurtle (v. t.) To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.
Whirred :: Whirred (imp. & p. p.) of Whi.
Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
Giddy :: Giddy (superl.) Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.
Hurlbat :: Hurlbat (n.) See Whirlbat.
Dizziness :: Dizziness (n.) Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.
Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis..
Wirble :: Wirble (v. i.) To whirl; to eddy.
Giddy :: Giddy (superl.) Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy..
Weaver :: Weaver (n.) An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See Whirling.
Wabble :: Wabble (v. i.) To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles..
Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top..
Absorption :: Absorption (n.) The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger..
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