churring
present participle of churr
Source: Wiktionary
Churr, n. [Cf. Chirr.]
Definition: A vibrant or whirring noise such as that made by some insects, as the cockchafer, or by some birds, as the nightjar, the partridge, etc.
Churr, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Churred; p. pr. & vb. n. Churr"ing.]
Definition: To make a churr, as a cockchafer.
That's the churring of the nightjar. Hall Caine.
Churr, v. t.
Definition: To utter by churring.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
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