Associations to the word «Whir»

Wiktionary

WHIR, noun. Alternative spelling of whirr
WHIR, verb. Alternative spelling of whirr

Dictionary definition

WHIR, noun. Sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's wings"; "the whir of the propellers".
WHIR, verb. Make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne