whirring

• Rhymes: -ɜːɹɪŋ

whirring (plural whirrings)

1. A whirr, the sounds of a whirr.

whirring

1. present participle and gerund of whirr

whirring (comparative more whirring, superlative most whirring)

1. Spinning rapidly.
2. Producing a whirr; giving off a whirring noise.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 154:

     From inside the mill there came a whizzing, whirring, and clashing sound, and now and then a bright saw-blade flashed in the air, as if in combat with the spirits of the night, to cut the stumps and uneven ends off the logs.