churring

verb

present participle of churr
as in chirring

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for churring
  1. whirring
  2. humming
  3. whispering
  4. hissing
  5. droning
  6. sighing
  7. buzzing
  8. whizzing
Verb
  • Angela George The voting machines are whirring at a clip, which in turn makes the pace of the afternoon feel fast.
    — Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 2026
  • But something about the collective excitement of a reunion struck a chord, and the machine started whirring.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 30 June 2026
Definition of whirring
Verb
  • By contrast, the three data centers coming to Miami-Dade are much smaller, requiring less energy to keep the computers humming all day and less water to circulate and keep the computers cool.
    — Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
  • The show has turned into a case-of-the-season procedural with the alien stuff humming in the background as the overarching mythology.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 July 2026
Definition of humming
Verb
  • Silent neutron stars at the center of supernova blast sites may actually be whispering softly, following the detection of faint radio emissions coming from one such object for the first time.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 July 2026
  • Hears the doctors whispering in the corner of the room about his decline.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Definition of whispering
Verb
  • The complete assembly weighs just enough for the Madagascar hissing cockroach, a species favored for cyborg research because of its large size, robustness, and wingless body, to carry without significantly impairing its movement.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 July 2026
  • Jason was hissing fiercely; Gordon, who projects a monastic calm, was trying to reason with the mother while batting her back each time the flap swung open.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Definition of hissing
Verb
  • The mics do a good job of cutting out droning background noise.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 8 July 2026
  • Usually, the town’s namesake island, far down in downstate Illinois, is quiet enough to hear the hum of the barges droning along the Mississippi River.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of droning
Verb
  • The internet may be full of people who want to outlaw leaf blowers, but misophonic triggers tend to share a bodily quality, an aurally traceable culprit such as a person crunching or sighing.
    — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Also, remember that the avatar is reading your body language, eye contact, any kind of sighing or moaning.
    — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
Definition of sighing
Verb
  • The buzzing bees reference the honey barrels from which the vessel was constructed.
    — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
  • Drones were buzzing overhead, flying above us; they were being shot down.
    — Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of buzzing
Verb
  • But in May, the Psyche spacecraft caught an unusual glimpse of Mars while performing a maneuver to harness the planet's gravity and send it whizzing beyond the planet toward the main asteroid belt.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 21 July 2026
  • The trouble was, the arrows kept multiplying—appearing from nowhere, whizzing in every direction—and even Larry couldn’t seem to contain them.
    — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
Definition of whizzing
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“Churring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churring. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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