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brr

brr

1 9.9
A low buzzing sound like a motor
  • noun
  • /bɜr/
translation icon : brr
  • BRR.

Examples

  • We on a roll ♪ - ♪ Uh, pull up in that ♪ - ♪ Skrrt, skrrt ♪ - ♪ Hop out, then I ♪ - ♪ Brr, brr ♪ - ♪ Cameras out, hol' up, let me pose ♪ - ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Pretty motherfucker

  • BRR!

  • BRR nuts

  • - Hostel, and (makes brr sound) Black Volga.

  • Brr-brr!

  • Last night was the first night that we had below 0°C here where I live; it was actually -1 to -2 (brr!), and when I came into the kitchen to make some coffee in the morning, I saw the frost on the ground in my garden.

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  • It's actually a sports car to a speedboat, to a rocket ship, to a tandem bike, to a camper van, fun, to a snowmobile, brr, which will take you most of the way to the state of Los Angeles, where you will don neon and Rollerblades, and enter the country of California.

  • The car's engine made a low, buzzing brr as it struggled to start.

Synonyms

buzz
vsbrr
64 1.0

A low steady sound like bees or a machine

is used more for motorlike imitation than general humming
rumble
vsbrr
29 3.1

A low, continuous sound you can feel

is a lower volume vibrating sound rather than a loud deep noise
bombination
vsbrr
  • Archaic
9.9

A low steady buzzing sound made by insects or machines

often imitates motor noises rather than stressing the vibration cause
birr
vsbrr
  • UK
9.9

A soft whirring sound made by something moving quickly

is used for motorlike vibration rather than sounds caused by motion

How Loud

roar
142 1.0
rumble
29 3.1
buzz
64 1.0
brr
1 9.9
to purr
6 3.5

Surface Forms

brr singular
brrs plural

Etymology

Brr copies a low, vibrating sound, like the gentle noise of a small motor, and is like the word buzz, so a 'brr' means a low, humming or buzzing sound.