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whir
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion |
| Synonyms: | bustle, fly, hum, move, revolve, sound, swirl, swish, vibrate, whiz |
| Main Entry: | buzz |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make droning sound |
| Synonyms: | bombinate, bumble, drone, fizz, fizzle, hum, murmur, reverberate, ring, sibilate, whir, whisper, whiz |
| Main Entry: | hum |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buzz, vibrate |
| Synonyms: | bombilate, bombinate, bum, bumble, croon, drone, moan, mumble, murmur, purr, rustle, sing, sing low, sound, strum, throb, thrum, trill, warble, whir, whisper, zoom |
| Main Entry: | rustle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | swish, whisper |
| Synonyms: | crackle, crepitate, crinkle, hum, murmur, patter, sigh, stir, tap, whir, whish, whoosh |
| Main Entry: | whirl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spin, revolution |
| Synonyms: | circle, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, flurry, gyration, gyre, pirouette, reel, roll, rotation, round, surge, swirl, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whir, whirlpool |
| Main Entry: | whirl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spin around |
| Synonyms: | circle, eddy, gyrate, gyre, pirouette, pivot, purl, reel, revolve, roll, rotate, swirl, swoosh, turn, turn around, twirl, twist, wheel, whir |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | whiz |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move quickly by |
| Synonyms: | bullet, buzz, dart, flit, fly, hiss, hum, hurry, hurtle, race, speed, swish, whir, whirl, whisk, whoosh, zip |
| Antonyms: | decelerate |
| Main Entry: | whirring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | whizzing |
| Synonyms: | buzzing, hissing, humming, whir |
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