whirred

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɜːd/ (General American) enPR: wûrd, IPA(key): /wɝd/ (Canada) IPA(key): /wəɹd/, [wɚ(ɹ)d] (Scotland) IPA(key): /ʍɪrd/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /wøːd/ (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /weːd/ (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /wɛːd/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d Homophones: word (wine–whine merger, fern–fir–fur merger); wared (wine–whine merger, fair–fur merger) === Verb === whirred simple past and past participle of whirr