birr - What does it mean?

Noun

(en-noun)

force, vigor, energy

a strong wind.

the force of the wind; rush, impetus, momentum, driving force

a thrust or push

a whirring noise

:* {{quote-book|year=1916

|year_published=2009 |edition=Reprint |editor= |author=Colonel J.A. Currie |title=The Red Watch, With the First Canadian Division in Flanders |chapter=XVII The Battle of Neuve Chapelle citation |genre= |publisher=Project Gutenberg |isbn= |page= |passage=When the British Tommies heard the "birr " of the five-inch Canadian shells they all asked whose they were. }}

a strong trilling pronunciation

:* {{quote-news|date=2011-04-24

|first= |last= |author=Kevin McKenna |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Labour needs to challenge Alex Salmond – and quickly |newspaper=The Guardian |city= |publisher= |quotee= citation |page= |passage=Gray possesses an unfortunate East of Scotland birr that suggests a 21-year-old student interviewing for his first job. }}

Noun

(en-noun)

The currency of Ethiopia, divided into 100 santims