noun
- plural of birr, the basic monetary unit of Ethiopia
Usage: currency
verb
- third person singular present of birr, to make a whirring sound
Usage: onomatopoeia
Examples
- The exchange rate was fifty birrs to one dollar.
- She paid twenty birrs for the coffee.
- The helicopter birrs overhead as it approaches the landing pad.
- The machine birrs loudly when it starts up.
- He counted out several birrs from his wallet.
- The fan birrs continuously in the hot room.