churr

churr [chur] Examples verb (used without object), noun

1. chirr.

chirr or chirre, churr [chur] verb (used without object)

1. to make a characteristic shrill, trilling sound, as a grasshopper.

noun

2. the sound of chirring.

Origin of chirr First recorded in 1590–1600; alteration of chirp Examples from the Web for churring Historical Examples of churring

A night-jar was spinning; the churring sound affected him oddly.

Saint’s Progress

John Galsworthy

And out of the distance the nightjar set again to its churring.

Memoirs of a Midget

Walter de la Mare

Here churning is a mistake; we are sorry to begin with an animadversion, but the word should be churring.

Society for Pure English, Tract 5

Society for Pure English

The churring of the night-hawks was continuous, soothing as the hum of a spinning-wheel.

The History of Sir Richard Calmady

Lucas Malet

British Dictionary definitions for churring churr verb, noun

1. a variant spelling of chirr

chirr chirre or churr verb

1. (intr) (esp of certain insects, such as crickets) to make a shrill trilled sound

noun

2. the sound of chirring

Word Origin for chirr C17: of imitative origin Word Origin and History for churring chirr v.

c.1600, echoic of a grasshopper’s trill. Related: Chirred; chirring.