churr
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain. Possibly from Middle English *churren, *chirren, *cherren, from Old English ċeorian (“to murmur, grumble, complain”), from Proto-West Germanic *karēn (“to complain”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Verb[edit]
churr (third-person singular simple present churrs, present participle churring, simple past and past participle churred)
- Alternative spelling of chirr (“to make an insect sound”)
- To make the low vocal sound of some birds.
Noun[edit]
churr (plural churrs)
- Alternative spelling of chirr (“insect sound”)
- A low vocal sound made by some birds.
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