whirring

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whirring - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Whir \Whir\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whirred; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Whirring.] [Perhaps of imitative origin; cf. D. hvirre to
     whirl, and E. hurr, hurry, whirl. ???.]
     To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or
     more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz.
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           The partridge bursts away on whirring wings. --Beattie.
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whirring - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  whirring
      adj 1: like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings
      n 1: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's
           wings"; "the whir of the propellers" [syn: whir, whirr,
           whirring, birr]