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n. & v. (also whir) --n. a continuous rapid buzzing or softly clicking sound as of a bird's wings or of cog-wheels in constant motion. --v.intr. (whirred, whirring) make this sound. [ME, prob. Scand.: cf. Da. hvirre, Norw. kvirra, perh. rel. to WHIRL]