dirl

[ dirl, durl ]

/ dɪrl, dɜrl /

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verb (used without object) Scot.

to vibrate; shake.

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Origin of dirl

First recorded in 1505–15; akin to drill¹

Words nearby dirl

dirigo, diriment, diriment impediment, dirk, Dirksen, dirl, dirndl, dirt, dirt bag, dirt bike, dirt-cheap

How to use dirl in a sentence

Before your jottering finger could find the trigger, the hilt would dirl on your breast-bane.
Kidnapped|Robert Louis Stevenson
Catriona, spinning fast—with the low dirl of the wheel acting as a sort of accompaniment to her voice—told the story.
The Quiver, 2/1900|Various
Lola saw bad boy Batster under dray bid tree fluttin' wif dray bid dirl.
Seventeen|Booth Tarkington
Hopkins kissed the baby, and I got my hug, and another to take to my "ittle dirl," and Mrs. Hopkins held out both her hands to me.
Stories of the Railroad|John A. Hill

"'Ittle dog done, 'ittle dirl tome; me 'ove 'ittle dog, me 'ove 'ittle dirl," was Zach's grave remark.
The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories|Lydia Maria Child