whirryn.

Forms: In 1600s wherry, whurrie.

Etymology: Compare whirry adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈwhirry.

? Obsolete.

1. A rapid or sudden movement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] > a swift course

reseOE

careerc1534

whirry1611

whirla1657

with a run1834

rip1855

streaka1861

scoot1864

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bacule, a square, and heauie dore..let fal (as a Portcullis) in a trice, with a whurrie.

1675 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) 214 At last, with a merry wherry of their musick, they turn round (as the Dervises) a long time.

2. Activity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness

businessa1398

activitya1425

activeness1513

pertness1575

whirry1622

smartness1644

brisknessa1655

alertness1816

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 229 A company of beetle-heads, dull-spirited fellowes, that had no wherry in them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

whirryadj.

/ˈhwəːri/

Etymology: < whirr n. + -y suffix¹.

Characterized by, or of the nature of, a whirr.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > vibratory sound > [adjective] > whirr

whirring?a1500

skirring1573

hurring1582

birring1787

burring1886

whirry1936

1936 E. Dark Return to Coolami xiv. 142 There are the locusts beginning... A nice noise, whirry, hot, drowsy.

1982 Financial Times 25 Sept. 6/6 Intal suffered from the disadvantage that it could only be taken by the patient by means of a rather complex, whirry machine called the ‘Spinhaler’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

whirryv.

Brit.

/ˈwɪri/,

/ˈhwɪri/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wɪri/, Scottish English

/ˈhwɪrɪ/

Forms: 1500s whirrye, whirrie, 1600s whurry, wherry, 1600s, 1800s Scottish whirry.

Etymology: Perhaps an alteration (after hurry v.) of whirr v.

Now Scottish.

1. transitive. To carry or drive swiftly; to hurry along. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > cause to move swiftly [verb (transitive)]

featherc888

speeda1387

whirry1582

winga1596

rattle?1611

race1734

to send along1867

zip1891

roller-coast1962

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 61 Hoyse me hence..too sum oother countrye me whirrye.

1621 T. Bedford Sinne unto Death 29 The..sea that is..whirryed and tossed with a tempestuous winde.

1660 Scutum Regale: Royal Buckler 51 As the unruly quadrupedes whirried about the Chariot,..untill they had set the whole world on fire.

a1756 Halket in W. Walker Bards of Bon-accord (1887) 205 Ill boding comets blaze o'erhead, O whirry whigs awa', man.

1820 W. Scott Monastery I. Introd. Ep. 49 Some of the quality, that were o' his ain unhappy persuasion, had the corpse whirried away up the water.

figurative.1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. (v. 21) 548 Giddie and inconstant people, wherried about with euery blast of vaine Doctrine.1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 58 Whurried about with intemperate lusts and desires.1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 4 A Christian is sometimes wherried and whirled away by sin before he is a ware.

2. intransitive. To move or go rapidly, hurry.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > move swiftly [verb (intransitive)]

lakeOE

flyOE

runOE

scour13..

jace1393

hie1398

spina1400

fleetc1400

glentc1400

stripc1400

suea1450

carryc1450

speed1488

scud1532

streek1598

winga1616

to clip it1616

hackney1617

swifta1618

whirryc1630

dust1673

whew1684

race1702

stroke1735

cut1797

spank1807

skid1815

speela1818

crack1824

skimmer1824

slap1827

clip1832

skeet1838

marvel1841

lick1850

travel1850

rush1852

zip1852

sail1876

rabbit1887

move1906

high-tail1908

to ball the jack1914

buzz1914

shift1922

giddap1938

burn1942

hoosh1943

bomb1966

shred1977

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with urgent speed

rempeOE

fuseOE

rakeOE

hiec1175

i-fusec1275

rekec1275

hastec1300

pellc1300

platc1300

startc1300

buskc1330

rapc1330

rapec1330

skip1338

firk1340

chase1377

raikc1390

to hie one's waya1400

catchc1400

start?a1505

spur1513

hasten1534

to make speed1548

post1553

hurry1602

scud1602

curry1608

to put on?1611

properate1623

post-haste1628

whirryc1630

dust1650

kite1854

to get a move on1888

to hump it1888

belt1890

to get (or put) one's skates on1895

hotfoot1896

to rattle one's dags1968

shimmy1969

c1630 Robin Goodfellow in Roxburghe Ballads (1874) II. 82 Through pooles and ponds, I whirry, laughing, ho, ho, ho!

1691 T. P. Blount Ess. 103 When once the spoke of the Wheel is uppermost, it soon whurries to the bottom.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 152 Her and the gudeman will be whirrying through the blue lift on a broom-shank.

1920 E. Blunden Waggoner 24 I whirry through the dark.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.1611

adj.1936

v.1582

单词	whirry
释义	whirryn. Forms: In 1600s wherry, whurrie. Etymology: Compare whirry adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈwhirry. ? Obsolete. 1. A rapid or sudden movement. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] > a swift course reseOE careerc1534 whirry1611 whirla1657 with a run1834 rip1855 streaka1861 scoot1864 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bacule, a square, and heauie dore..let fal (as a Portcullis) in a trice, with a whurrie. 1675 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) 214 At last, with a merry wherry of their musick, they turn round (as the Dervises) a long time. 2. Activity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness businessa1398 activitya1425 activeness1513 pertness1575 whirry1622 smartness1644 brisknessa1655 alertness1816 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 229 A company of beetle-heads, dull-spirited fellowes, that had no wherry in them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2020). whirryadj. /ˈhwəːri/ Etymology: < whirr n. + -y suffix¹. Characterized by, or of the nature of, a whirr. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > vibratory sound > [adjective] > whirr whirring?a1500 skirring1573 hurring1582 birring1787 burring1886 whirry1936 1936 E. Dark Return to Coolami xiv. 142 There are the locusts beginning... A nice noise, whirry, hot, drowsy. 1982 Financial Times 25 Sept. 6/6 Intal suffered from the disadvantage that it could only be taken by the patient by means of a rather complex, whirry machine called the ‘Spinhaler’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). whirryv. Brit. /ˈwɪri/, /ˈhwɪri/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪri/, Scottish English /ˈhwɪrɪ/ Forms: 1500s whirrye, whirrie, 1600s whurry, wherry, 1600s, 1800s Scottish whirry. Etymology: Perhaps an alteration (after hurry v.) of whirr v. Now Scottish. 1. transitive. To carry or drive swiftly; to hurry along. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > cause to move swiftly [verb (transitive)] featherc888 speeda1387 whirry1582 winga1596 rattle?1611 race1734 to send along1867 zip1891 roller-coast1962 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 61 Hoyse me hence..too sum oother countrye me whirrye. 1621 T. Bedford Sinne unto Death 29 The..sea that is..whirryed and tossed with a tempestuous winde. 1660 Scutum Regale: Royal Buckler 51 As the unruly quadrupedes whirried about the Chariot,..untill they had set the whole world on fire. a1756 Halket in W. Walker Bards of Bon-accord (1887) 205 Ill boding comets blaze o'erhead, O whirry whigs awa', man. 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. Introd. Ep. 49 Some of the quality, that were o' his ain unhappy persuasion, had the corpse whirried away up the water. figurative.1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. (v. 21) 548 Giddie and inconstant people, wherried about with euery blast of vaine Doctrine.1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 58 Whurried about with intemperate lusts and desires.1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 4 A Christian is sometimes wherried and whirled away by sin before he is a ware. 2. intransitive. To move or go rapidly, hurry. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > move swiftly [verb (intransitive)] lakeOE flyOE runOE scour13.. jace1393 hie1398 spina1400 fleetc1400 glentc1400 stripc1400 suea1450 carryc1450 speed1488 scud1532 streek1598 winga1616 to clip it1616 hackney1617 swifta1618 whirryc1630 dust1673 whew1684 race1702 stroke1735 cut1797 spank1807 skid1815 speela1818 crack1824 skimmer1824 slap1827 clip1832 skeet1838 marvel1841 lick1850 travel1850 rush1852 zip1852 sail1876 rabbit1887 move1906 high-tail1908 to ball the jack1914 buzz1914 shift1922 giddap1938 burn1942 hoosh1943 bomb1966 shred1977 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with urgent speed rempeOE fuseOE rakeOE hiec1175 i-fusec1275 rekec1275 hastec1300 pellc1300 platc1300 startc1300 buskc1330 rapc1330 rapec1330 skip1338 firk1340 chase1377 raikc1390 to hie one's waya1400 catchc1400 start?a1505 spur1513 hasten1534 to make speed1548 post1553 hurry1602 scud1602 curry1608 to put on?1611 properate1623 post-haste1628 whirryc1630 dust1650 kite1854 to get a move on1888 to hump it1888 belt1890 to get (or put) one's skates on1895 hotfoot1896 to rattle one's dags1968 shimmy1969 c1630 Robin Goodfellow in Roxburghe Ballads (1874) II. 82 Through pooles and ponds, I whirry, laughing, ho, ho, ho! 1691 T. P. Blount Ess. 103 When once the spoke of the Wheel is uppermost, it soon whurries to the bottom. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 152 Her and the gudeman will be whirrying through the blue lift on a broom-shank. 1920 E. Blunden Waggoner 24 I whirry through the dark. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1611adj.1936v.1582
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