churr

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Local birdwatcher Neil Bostock was the first to discover the birds on 3 June after hearing the "churr" before male and female birds were seen engaging in mating displays, signalling their intent to breed.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2018

“I didn’t really trust it. I remember walking into a received pronunciation class and they were all going ‘How Now Brown Cow’ and I said ‘Do you huv a spur churr?’

From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2017

A dor is a beetle so called from its making a dorring noise, and the name, like churr and burr, is better with its double R and trill.

From Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems by Society for Pure English

Once, the faint churr of a distant fern-owl sent a vibrant dissonance, that was yet strangely soothing, through the darkness and the silence.

From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona

They were cutting the grass on the tennis court below; he heard the soft churr of the mower.

From The Garden Party and Other Stories by Mansfield, Katherine