churr

churr
intransitive verb Etymology: imitative Date: 1555 to make a vibrant or whirring noise like that made by some insects (as the cockchafer) or some birds (as the partridge) • churr noun

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  • Churr — Churr, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Churred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Churr ing}.] To make a churr, as a cockchafer. That s the churring of the nightjar. Hall Caine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Churr — Churr, n. [Cf. {Chirr}.] A vibrant or whirring noise such as that made by some insects, as the cockchafer, or by some birds, as the nightjar, the partridge, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Churr — Churr, v. t. To utter by churring. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • churr — [chʉr] n. [see CHIRR] a low, trilled or whirring sound made by some birds or insects vi. to make such a sound …   English World dictionary

  • churr — Dunlin Dun lin, n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. dun hill (E. dune), and linne pool, pond, lake, E. lin.] (Zo[ o]l.) A species of sandpiper ({Tringa alpina}); called also {churr}, {dorbie}, {grass bird}, and {red backed sandpiper}. It is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • churr — [[t]tʃɜr[/t]] v. i. churred, churr•ing, n. chirr …   From formal English to slang

  • churr-worm — churrˈ worm noun The mole cricket (qv under ↑mole1). • • • Main Entry: ↑churr …   Useful english dictionary

  • churr owl — Eve Eve ([=e]v), n. [See {Even}, n.] 1. Evening. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze. Thomson. [1913 Webster] 2. The evening before a holiday, from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset, not at… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • churr-owl — Goatsucker Goat suck er, n. (Zo[ o]l.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to {Caprimulgus} and allied genera, esp. the European species ({Caprimulgus Europ[ae]us}); so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • churr — /cherr/, v.i., n. chirr. * * * …   Universalium

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