Birk vs Birr - What's the difference?
birk | birr |
(Northern English) A birch tree. Cognate with Scots birk.
A small European minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus ).
(British, slang)
force, vigor, energy
a strong wind.
the force of the wind; rush, impetus, momentum, driving force
a thrust or push
a whirring noise
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a strong trilling pronunciation
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To make a whirring noise; make a noise like that of revolving wheels, or of millstones at work.
As nouns the difference between birk and birr
is that birk is (northern english) a birch tree cognate with scots birk while birr is force, vigor, energy or birr can be the currency of ethiopia, divided into 100 santims.As a verb birr is
to make a whirring noise; make a noise like that of revolving wheels, or of millstones at work.birk
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Noun
(en noun)- (rfdate) The silver birk . - .
References
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)citation, genre= , publisher=Project Gutenberg , isbn= , page= , passage=When the British Tommies heard the "birr " of the five-inch Canadian shells they all asked whose they were. }}
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