Definition of Skirl

1. Verb. Make a shrill, wailing sound. "Skirling bagpipes"

Generic synonyms: Go, Sound

2. Noun. The sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe.
Generic synonyms: Sound

3. Verb. Play the bagpipes.
Category relationships: Music
Generic synonyms: Play

Definition of Skirl

1. v. t.& i. To utter in a shrill tone; to scream.

2. n. A shrill cry or sound.

Definition of Skirl

1. Verb. (Scotland Northern England) To make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skirl

1. to produce a shrill sound [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skirl

skippet
skippets
skippier
skippiest
skipping
skipping a beat
skipping rope
skipping ropes
skippingly
skippings
skippy
skips
skips a beat
skipt
skipworthy
skirl (current term)
skirlcock
skirled
skirlie
skirling
skirlings
skirls
skirmish
skirmished
skirmisher
skirmishers
skirmishes
skirmishing
skirmishings
skirmisht

Literary usage of Skirl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"skirl up the Bangor." Burnt. skirl, 9. Wind accompanied by rain or snow , as, ... skirl, r Used as denoting the powerful Influence of love, q. a stroke; ..."

2. Old Mortality by Walter Scott (1878)
"aic a skirl-in-the-pan as that at Kiel Blane's. His wife was a canny body, and could dress things very weel for ane in her line o' business, ..."

3. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"skirl-IN-THE-PAN, 1. The noise made by prepares it for receiving the meat, S. %. Transferred to the dish that is prepared in this a frying pan, ..."

4. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
skirl up the Danger." Burnt skirl, i. Wind accompanied by rain or snow ; as, ... skirl, j. Г sed ал denoting the powerful influence of love, 4. ..."

5. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Tain o' Shanter. ir. An* skirl up the Bangor ... Loud skirl'd a' the lasses ; .... Hallo-Mien. 6. He skirl'd out, ..."

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