Skirling

//ˈskɜːlɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small trout or salmon. UK, dialectal
  2. 2
    A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl. Northern-England, Scotland

    "When the skirling of the pipes cleft the air his cold eyes softened."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of skirl form-of, gerund, participle, present

    ""And at ony rate , if he suld hear her skirling her auld ends oʻsangs , he's no to ken for that that there's ony body wi' her.""

Synonyms

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caterwaulcreakhowlkeenpipescreak

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""And at ony rate , if he suld hear her skirling her auld ends oʻsangs , he's no to ken for that that there's ony body wi' her.""

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