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]- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɜː/
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- (General American) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɝ/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʌr/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /t͡ʃøː/
- (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeː/
- (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛː/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
- Homophones: chur; chirr (fern–fir–fur merger); chair (fair–fur merger)
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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