See whirr on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1978, Lawrence Durrell, “Lord Galen’s Farewell”, in Livia: Or Buried Alive […] (The Avignon Quintet; 2), London, Boston, Mass.: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 239:",
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"ref": "2007, Jeffrey Engel, Sherol Engel, & James A. Swan, Chasing The Hunter's Dream: 1,001 of the World's Best Duck Marshes, Deer Runs, Elk Meadows, Pheasant Fields, Bear Woods, Safaris, and Extraordinary Hunts, HarperCollins, published 2007, →ISBN, page 212:",
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"sense": "sibilant buzz or vibration",
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"sense": "sibilant buzz or vibration",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "A sibilant buzz or vibration",
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "surina"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "A sibilant buzz or vibration",
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"masculine"
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"word": "frullio"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "A sibilant buzz or vibration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "give",
"sense": "A sibilant buzz or vibration",
"word": "گِڤە"
},
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"roman": "zır",
"sense": "A sibilant buzz or vibration",
"word": "زر"
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"word": "طنطنه"
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