whir• Some of them take a second or two to stop whirring and clacking as they windtape off a drum.• The pesticidestreadmill is still whirring away.• The fans whir in the background, filling the locker room with white noise.• I saw it again that morning: the milk-float, whirring into another day.• They can speak, via a whirringmechanicalvoicebox, and they have mechanical human hands rather than paws.• The whirring of our locustjaws is what keeps you awake.• Once Blanche saw his hands whirring over each other, she knew there was some hope.