birr
/bɜː/ · noun
Meaning
- Force, vigor, energy
- A strong wind.
- The force of movement; rush, impetus, momentum, driving force
- A thrust or push.
- A whirring noise
- A strong trilling.
- To make a whirring noise; make a noise like that of revolving wheels, or of millstones at work.
- To lurch or set to spinning.
- The currency of Ethiopia, divided into 100 santims.
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