Usually means: Sound of rapid, continuous movement.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word whirring:

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  1. whirring: Merriam-Webster
  2. whirring: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. whirring: Collins English Dictionary
  4. whirring: Vocabulary.com
  5. Whirring, whirring: Wordnik
  6. whirring: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. whirring: Wiktionary
  8. whirring: Dictionary.com
  9. Whirring: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Whirring: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. whirring: Rhymezone
  12. Whirring: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. whirring: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. whirring: FreeDictionary.org
  15. whirring: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. whirring: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (whirring)

▸ noun:  A whirr, the sounds of a whirr.
▸ adjective:  Spinning rapidly.
▸ adjective:  Producing a whirr; giving off a whirring noise.

Similar:
noisy, whirry, whizzing, whur, chirring, whing, whistling, zizz, chattering, swish, more...

Types:
buzz, drone, hum, purr, whir, murmur, more...

Phrases:
whirring sound, the wind makes whirring, more...

Adjectives:
soft, loud, great, faint, steady, gentle, sudden, constant, mechanical, strange, impetuous



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Similar:
noisy, whirry, whizzing, whur, chirring, whing, whistling, zizz, chattering, swish, more...

Types:
buzz, drone, hum, purr, whir, murmur, more...

Phrases:
whirring sound, the wind makes whirring, more...

Adjectives:
soft, loud, great, faint, steady, gentle, sudden, constant, mechanical, strange, impetuous



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