Whirring: alternatives and connections

Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

To make, or move with, a whirring noise, as of wheels in motion.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.