churr

Everyday

1. To churr is to make a low, long, trilling or whirring sound, like a nightjar, a grasshopper or a partridge. tree →
2. (noun) A churr is that sound. tree →

In the lessons

In nature study, the nightjar's churr on summer evenings is a famous sound of heaths in Britain. Grasshoppers and some insects churr too. Writers use it in country scenes like those of The Wind in the Willows.

Examples

• The nightjar churred on the heath at dusk. tree →
• We heard the churr of a grasshopper. tree →
• A partridge churred in the field. tree →
• The insects churred in the warm evening. tree →
• The churring went on all night. tree →
• Listen for the nightjar's long churr. tree →

Note

Regular verb: churred, churring (double r). Also spelt «chirr». Sounds like the noise itself.