whirring
Fan blade noise
Whirring is a continuous, low buzzing or humming sound produced by something spinning or vibrating rapidly: the whirring of helicopter blades, a whirring fan.
The word imitates the sound itself.
As an adjective, it describes things making this noise: the whirring machinery of the factory floor.
Low steady sound
- buzzContinuous low drone
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- hummingContinuous low-pitched sound
- purrFeline contentment sound
whiz · murmur · vibration · resonance · reverberation · susurration · chirr · thrum
Energy-to-motion converter
- engineMachine producing motion
- fanAdmirer or air mover
- gearsToothed rotating machine parts
- rotorSpinning mechanical assembly
turbine · blender · drill · compressor · generator · pump · mixer · saw
hum
Low steady sound
purr · whiz · murmur · vibration · resonance · reverberation · susurration · chirr · thrum · sibilance
motor
Energy-to-motion converter
rotor · turbine · blender · drill · compressor · generator · pump · mixer · saw · cogs
hummingbird
Small nectar-feeding hoverer
spinning
Revolving around an axis
whirling · turning · gyration · circling · swirling · wheeling · spiral · vortex · pivoting · orbiting
- workshop soundshammering, sawing, drilling, sanding, grinding
- factory soundshammering, drilling, clanking, grinding, welding
- machine soundshumming, clanking, grinding, rattling, chugging
- industrial noisegrinding, clanging, clanking, banging, hammering
- insect flightwing beat, hovering, gliding, fluttering, darting
- insect soundsbuzz, chirp, hum, chirping, humming