upwhirr

English

Etymology

up- +‎ whirr

Verb

upwhirr (third-person singular simple present upwhirrs, present participle upwhirring, simple past and past participle upwhirred)

1. (intransitive, rare) To rise with a whirring sound.
   • 1924, Zane Grey, The Call of the Canyon:

     Moreover, he did not shy at things lying in the road or rabbits darting from bushes or at the upwhirring of birds.

   • 1977, Terrence Kilpatrick, Swimming Man Burning, page 122:

     […] spearing the wild turkeys gossiping stupidly in a line along the branches, flushing the partridges, wing-shooting as they upwhirred […]