"whirr" is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it as a verb, noun, or interjection, and it generally means a low, continuous sound that comes from something in motion, like an engine or machinery. Example sentence: The sound of the fans whirring filled the room.
Once the wheels began to whirr on Manchester United's move for Radamel Falcao, with Welbeck told he could leave Old Trafford, the route south became a serious option.
Once one of Asia's biggest, Jaffna library was destroyed by a mob in 1981; now rebuilt, it is a harmonious place where ceiling fans whirr and polished wood glows in the sunlight as men of all ages peruse newspapers.
Yes, we're in the official "dog days" of summer and MLS teams are chugging along, rotating squads with each whirr of the ceiling fan, reluctantly giving up players for the Gold Cup and generally just trying to not be mathematically eliminated before the weather cools down a little.
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 2.36pm BSilence Silence, the whirr of helicopters, and a loud beep... and we're off!
Up here, there is a huge stillness; only the click and whirr of our cameras; the sipping of our drinks, the gentle humming of the plane engine, the ticking of a watch.
They fear the roar of the V8 will be replaced by the whirr of the electric armature and that motoring will never be the same again.
But Germany's manufacturers have been more than compensated by the weak euro, which allowed its export machine to whirr on.Fiscal pragmatism lent a helping hand.
Britain has four such submarines, though only one is usually armed while the other three undergo repairs or whirr around on training manoeuvres.
Helicopters whirr above Whitehall, irritating journalists in the nearby Economist offices but affording television viewers the obligatory (albeit shaky and not terribly informative) 30-second shot of the roof of the prime ministerial car.
And how the market is changing: for all the hype over the latest rugged mountain bike, the whirr of electrically assisted wheels is clearly audible.
FILLING the tank is one of the more painful aspects of modern motoring as numbers whirr on the pump at wallet-draining speed.
