Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
whir .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To make a rough, humming sound, like one who pronounces the letter
r with too much force; to whir; to birr. - intransitive verb To snarl or growl, as a dog.
- noun A humming or whirring sound, like that of a body moving through the air with velocity; a whir.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Dated form of
whirr . (sound of rapid motion)
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Examples
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Towt bout awl de cheez peeps ebery whur dat cud nawt get wif eech oder.
Billy pokin’ me! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Iffn wen teh wimmin say ‘Yush’, teh peoplol taeks dem to a plaec hie in teh Himalayas, whur teh UCCL iz.
shez cute and - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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June 27, 2009 at 3:18 am o noes! whur iz teh pictur of mii cute Joe kitteh?
The watermelon catapult had - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Purrrty plz? teh otter pix are teh pleh. ob mii, yew awl whur teh lubbly kthksbai
Come to da drk side - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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An 'uts Aw thun, whur be'e gwaine, an' wot be'e doin'of there?
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So what did Wurzelbacher (pronounced whur-zell-BAHK-er) think about being at the center of the debate?
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The rich fatties are looking forward to the collapse ... where they kin habs uns slaves keeps uns place and serves dey a mint julip on de plantation whur usns belong.
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November 2, 2008 at 3:31 am owchie whur did dat come frum
SNOBALL FITE RULE #1 - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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An 'uts Aw thun, whur be'e gwaine, an' wot be'e doin'of there?
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An 'uts Aw thun, whur be'e gwaine, an' wot be'e doin'of there?
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