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to make the gentle pleasant sound of water as it moves along in a river

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to make a short low sound with your tongue

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to make a low continuous noise

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if a liquid fizzes, it has small gas bubbles on the surface that burst and make a soft noise

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if wood, metal, or another material groans, it makes a long low sound as it moves

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if thunder or a machine growls, it makes a low unpleasant noise

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to make a short low sound in your throat and nose at the same time

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to make the low sound that water makes when it is poured quickly from a bottle

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if something such as the wind moans, it makes a long low sound

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if a machine putters, it makes a short quiet low sound when it is working at a slow speed

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if the wind sighs, it makes a long soft low sound

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if something such as an engine or a machine throbs, it makes a low sound that is repeated steadily

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to make a low regular noise like one object gently hitting another many times

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to make a fast repeated quiet sound

another spelling of whir

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to make a quiet gentle sound