dirl

[ dirl, durl ]

verb (used without object)

, Scot.

1. to vibrate; shake.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dirl¹

First recorded in 1505–15; akin to drill ¹

Example Sentences

Before your jottering finger could find the trigger, the hilt would dirl on your breast-bane.

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Catriona, spinning fast—with the low dirl of the wheel acting as a sort of accompaniment to her voice—told the story.

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Lola saw bad boy Batster under dray bid tree fluttin' wif dray bid dirl.

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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.

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

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