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skirl (skʉrl)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Scot. to sound out in shrill, piercing tones, as a bagpipe does

Etymology: ME (northern) skrille, skyrle, prob. < Scand, as in Norw dial. skrylla, to scream: for IE base see shrill

noun

a shrill sound, as of a bagpipe

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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