churr

«churr» in Mova's school dictionary: to make a low, long, trilling or whirring sound, like a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (churr, churrs, churred, churring); noun (a churr)

meaning for a pupil

1) To churr is to make a low, long, trilling or whirring sound, like a nightjar, a grasshopper or a partridge. tree →

2) (noun) A churr is that sound. tree →

sense in the lessons

In nature study, the nightjar's churr on summer evenings is a famous sound of heaths in Britain. Grasshoppers and some insects churr too. Writers use it in country scenes like those of The Wind in the Willows.

examples

• The nightjar churred on the heath at dusk. tree →
• We heard the churr of a grasshopper. tree →
• A partridge churred in the field. tree →
• The insects churred in the warm evening. tree →
• The churring went on all night. tree →
• Listen for the nightjar's long churr. tree →

note

Regular verb: churred, churring (double r). Also spelt «chirr». Sounds like the noise itself.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «churr» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.