Birr Definition
bûr
birr
noun
A whirring sound.
American Heritage
Onrush or driving force; impetus.
Webster's New World
Strong forward momentum; driving force.
American Heritage
A vibrant whirring sound.
Webster's New World
The basic monetary unit of Ethiopia.
Webster's New World
verb
To make a whirring sound.
American Heritage
To make or move with a birr.
Webster's New World
To make a whirring noise; make a noise like that of revolving wheels, or of millstones at work.
Wiktionary
Origin of Birr
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From Middle English bir (“favorable or strong wind; assault, blow strike, violence, fury; strength”), from Old English byre (“strong wind, storm”); cognate with Icelandic byrr (“sailing winds”), Albanian borë (“snow”) and Latin borea (“North wind”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English bir favorable wind from Old Norse byrr bher-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Amharic ብር (bir, “silver”)
From Wiktionary
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