churr

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Local birdwatcher Neil Bostock was the first to discover the birds on 3 June after hearing the "churr" before male and female birds were seen engaging in mating displays, signalling their intent to breed.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2018

“I didn’t really trust it. I remember walking into a received pronunciation class and they were all going ‘How Now Brown Cow’ and I said ‘Do you huv a spur churr?’

From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2017

I saw his mouth open and shut, he hollowed his hands round it, but the churr of the motor and the bees drowned his words.

From A Diversity of Creatures by Kipling, Rudyard

Only a cricket from time to time gave a cautious churr, and a mouse was scratching somewhere; he could hear his own breathing.

From Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

A dor is a beetle so called from its making a dorring noise, and the name, like churr and burr, is better with its double R and trill.

From Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems by Society for Pure English