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# churr

verb (churr, churrs, churred, churring); noun (a churr)

«churr» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To churr is to make a low, long, trilling or whirring sound, like a nightjar, a grasshopper or a partridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churr/#m1)
2. (noun) A churr is that sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churr/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churr/#x1)
- We heard the churr of a grasshopper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churr/#x2)
- A partridge churred in the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churr/#x3)
- The insects churred in the warm evening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churr/#x4)
- The churring went on all night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churr/#x5)
- Listen for the nightjar's long churr. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churr/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «churr» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churr/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«churr» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/churr.html) on Mova free.