swirr

plural swirrs

1. A noise of something moving, like a swoosh or a whirr.

   ... swirr of the locusts, the laughing of the jackass, or the tuneful note of the magpie.

   1892, Ellerton Gay, Drifting Under the Southern Cross: An Australian Romance

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   ... who heard the swirr of their skirts as they struck the bushes, took possession of the abandoned fortress. The taller and slighter of the two picked up the fragments of the handkerchief, and, after examining them, passed to his companion one[…]

   1864, Sarah (Webb) Peterson, The Lady's Friend, page 855

   ... swirr of the scythe from the distant hayfields in the valley; the sonorous drone of wild bees on the wing; the hushed cry of the cuckoo from the woods; the elastic warmth of the thyme-laden air.

   1865, Ordeal, The Ordeal for Wives, page 166

   ... swirr of wind among the palm-branches, or the dull beat of the waveless Mediterranean far below.

   1883, Annie Edwards, A Ballroom Repentance, page 244

   ... swirr of the wheels, and the handful of luminous cloud which preceded the lamp. The clang of the bell, as the corner was neared, seemed to act as a summons.

   1901, Temple Bar, page 400

   ... swirr of a bat's wing, the twittering hoot of a barn-owl, the cheep of night insects.

   1905, Beulah Marie Dix, The Fair Maid of Graystones, page 27

present singular third person swirrs · participle present swirring · participle past swirred · past swirred

1. To make such a noise.