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
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
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
“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
I ran to the spot I heard the skirls comin' from, and there I found Mr. Charles, lyin' as if dead, and Grace Davoren with her hands clasped like a mad woman over him.
From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
