Birr vs Birt - What's the difference?
birr | birt |
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 birr and birt
is that birr is force, vigor, energy or birr can be the currency of ethiopia, divided into 100 santims while birt is (uk|dialect) a fish of the turbot kind; the brill.As a verb birr
is to make a whirring noise; make a noise like that of revolving wheels, or of millstones at work.birr
English
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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