whir

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whir

/wɜː/ UK
/wɝ/ US
/ʍɪr/ Scotland
/wøː/ New Zealand
/weː/
/wɛː/
/wɜː(ɹ)/

Sounds like were (fern–fir–fur merger), where (fair–fur merger), ware (fair–fur merger, wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ), -ɪr

noun whirs

alternative Alternative spelling of whirr 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 "

verb whirs · whirring · whirred

alternative Alternative spelling of whirr She said: " We're not wasting time. While the cogs of Parliament continue to whir, we will continue to work on the rolling stock and infrastructure strategy, the national transport integrated strategy, and our accessibility roadmap.

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@misc{whir_2026,
  title = {whir},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whir},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}