skirl
verb (used without object)
to play the bagpipe.
skirls
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present tense formof skirl (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Its unnerving drones and belligerent skirls have been known to stir men's blood, their brains and, according to Shakespeare, their bladders.*
From Time Magazine Archive
“I heard the voice of that lad Andrew Lammie; can the chield be drowning that he skirls sae uncannily?” said the old woman, seating herself on the ground, and looking earnestly at the water.
From Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland by Anonymous
He heard our skirls," Birse said, "but couldna grip the words ony mair than we could hear the earl.
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
There was a layer of blue smoke above their heads that broke into skirls as various individuals left one group to join another.
From The Fourth R by George Oliver Smith
How could I sit still, Gavin, and the town full o' the skirls of women and bairns?
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
