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birrs

birrs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of birr.

birrs is the plural of birr.

Meaning of birr

Verb

birr (third-person singular simple present birrs, present participle birring, simple past and past participle birred)

  1. (Scotland) To make a whirring noise; make a noise like that of revolving wheels, or of millstones at work.
    • if it is ordained that ye must forget him, ye will banish him from your mind the mair easily that ye ken nae mair o' him than ye do o' the bird that birrs past ye in the wood—that it has a bonny feather in its tail."1869, John Mackay Wilson, Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XXIII
  2. (Scotland) To lurch or set to spinning.
    • His cowt grew reezy, its lang tail 'Twad swash, and lugs wad birr up, At length it cuist him, and did trail Him hame, by fit i'e stirrup,1824, “The Burning O' The Bible”, in John Mactaggart, editor, The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, page 499

See all 11 meanings of birr

Proper noun capitalized: Birrs

Birrs

  1. (plural) plural of Birr

Questions about birrs

What is birrs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Birrs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of birr.
What part of speech is birrs?
Birrs is a proper noun.

Words near birrs in the dictionary

  1. birrierias
  2. birring
  3. Birriwa
  4. Birrong
  5. birrova
  6. birrs
  7. Birrueta
  8. Birruetas
  9. birrus
  10. birruses
  11. Birs

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