Definition of Skirl in English :

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Skirl meaning in English

Meaning of Skirl in English

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Skirl

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Noun

1. skirl

the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe

Verb

2. skirl

make a shrill, wailing sound

Example Sentences:
'skirling bagpipes'

3. skirl

play the bagpipes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Skirl

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verb (intransitive)
1. Scottish and Northern England dialect
(esp of bagpipes) to emit a shrill sound
2. 
to play the bagpipes
noun
3. 
the sound of bagpipes
4. 
a shrill sound

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Skirl

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verb transitive, verb intransitive
1.  Scottish
to sound out in shrill, piercing tones, as a bagpipe does
noun
2. 
a shrill sound, as of a bagpipe

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Skirl

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v. skirled, skirl·ing, skirls
v.intr.
To produce a high, shrill, wailing tone. Used of bagpipes.
v.tr.
To play (a piece) on bagpipes.
n.
1. The shrill sound made by the chanter pipe of bagpipes.
2. A shrill wailing sound: "The skirl of a police whistle split the stillness" (Sax Rohmer).

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