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UK
/bˈɜː/
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[ US /ˈbɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈbɝ/ ]
NOUN
- the basic unit of money in Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents
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sound of something in rapid motion
whir of a bird's wings
the whir of the propellers
VERB
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make a soft swishing sound
the motor whirred
the car engine purred
How To Use birr In A Sentence
- Now, how sorry we feel for those other globe trotters on the launch, birring along behind a hot, bubbling, puffing, steam kettle -- and so crowded, and in this heat too, whilst we extend at our ease in a white and sky-blue boat, with pink cushions, and dreamily listen to the silky frou frou of the southern sea. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah
- As the sbirro had himself been a lazzarone, he saw at once the trick that had been played him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844
- With Ms. Bearden as guide and companion, I go from a shrimp taco to pork carnitas on a bun to stewed goat meat in a bowl, called birria.
- Ethiopian currency until November 1997 when Eritrea issued its own currency, the nakfa, at approximately the same rate as the birr, i.e., The 1999 CIA Factbook
- Examples of aged auto genitalia accommodate as assumption aperture handles, wood-paneled birr trims, and advertent advanced trims and fascias. Acquisition Aged Auto Parts
- Euphrates from Birra to Felugia there be certaine places where you pay custome, so many Medines for a some or Camels lading, and certaine raysons and sope, which is for the sonnes of Aborise, which is Lord of the Arabians and all that great desert, and hath some villages vpon the riuer. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
- A night with this Birr native in the intimate setting of Moon River, where there is room for only 90, will be a very special evening's entertainment.
- A priest came by, then a lawyer, then a poet; but the sbirro made no sign. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844
- Birriria Mary's on the square is making birria with cash donations (left pocket of the apron for victims, right pocket for the business: standard book keeping!) and the ayuntamiento is also receiving donations People from all over town are bringing their shopping carts filled with clothing, etc. Landslide in San Juan Cosala
- Internet cafes have profited, and so has the Ethiopian Postal Service, which collects a service fee starting at 10 Ethiopian birr, or 57 cents, for each online entry it processes. Playing the U.S. Visa Lottery in Ethiopia