Hypertext Webster Gateway: "churr"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Churr \Churr\, n. [Cf. {Chirr}.]
A vibrant or whirring noise such as that made by some
insects, as the cockchafer, or by some birds, as the
nightjar, the partridge, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Churr \Churr\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Churred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Churr"ing}.]
To make a churr, as a cockchafer.
That's the churring of the nightjar. --Hall Caine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Churr \Churr\, v. t.
To utter by churring.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dunlin \Dun"lin\, n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. dun hill
(E. dune), and linne pool, pond, lake, E. lin.] (Zo["o]l.)
A species of sandpiper ({Tringa alpina}); -- called also
{churr}, {dorbie}, {grass bird}, and {red-backed sandpiper}.
It is found both in Europe and America.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
churr
v : make a vibrant sound, as of some birds [syn: {whirr}]
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