dirl

[ dirl, durl ]

verb (used without object)Scot.
  1. to vibrate; shake.

Origin of dirl

1
First recorded in 1505–15; akin to drill1

Words Nearby dirl

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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.

  • 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.

  • "'Ittle dog done, 'ittle dirl tome; me 'ove 'ittle dog, me 'ove 'ittle dirl," was Zach's grave remark.