whirred

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /wɜːd/
• (General American) enPR: wûrd, IPA^(key): /wɝd/

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /wəɹd/, [wɚ(ɹ)d]
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ʍɪrd/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /wøːd/
• (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /weːd/
• (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /wɛːd/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
• Homophones: word (wine–whine merger, fern–fir–fur merger); wared (wine–whine merger, fair–fur merger)

Verb

whirred

1. simple past and past participle of whirr