Home › Words › U › upwhirrupwhirrupwhirr means to rise with a whirring sound.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, upwhirr ranks #3,411 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom up- + whirr.verbTo rise with a whirring sound.e.g.“Moreover, he did not shy at things lying in the road or rabbits darting from bushes or at the upwhirring of birds.” — 1924, Zane Grey, The Call of the Canyon:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).