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Definitions for Skirl

[1] to play the bagpipe.
[2] Scot. and North England . to shriek.
[3] the sound of a bagpipe.
[4] Scot. and North England . any shrill sound.
[5] Scot and Northern English dialect (esp of bagpipes) to emit a shrill sound
[6] to play the bagpipes
[7] the sound of bagpipes
[8] a shrill sound

Words related to Skirl

blare, hiss, sound, signal, whine, warble, pipe, toot, whiz, wheeze, blast, shriek, fife, trill, tootle, flute

Words nearby Skirl

skippering, skippet, skipping, skipping-rope, skipton, skirl, skirling, skirmish, skirnir, skirr, skirret

Origin of Skirl

1350–1400; Middle English scirlen, skrillen (v.), perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian skrella boom, crash

Word origin for Skirl

C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; see shrill

Synonyms for Skirl

blare, hiss, blast, fife, flute, pipe, shriek, signal, sound, toot, tootle, trill, warble, wheeze, whine, whiz