Skirl

/skɜɹl/

Synonyms for "skirl" (24 found)

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Noun(4 words)
peeppiercing notescreechshriek

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More general

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acoustic emissionauditory phenomenongonoiseplaysoundsound productionvocalization

More specific

8 entries
bagpipes shriekpiercing notescreechshriekshrill tonesquealwailwind instrument wail

Collocations

11 entries
bagpipe musicbagpipe skirlceremonial skirlhigh pitchpiercing soundshrill noteshrill soundsound of bagpipeswailing notewind instrumentwind instrument skirl

Inflections

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Sample sentences

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Come here, or stay where ye are, and skirl as loud ye can — it's a' ye're gude for — l say, ye auld deevil, skirl — skirl — louder — louder, woman — gar the gentles hear ye in the ha' — I have heard ye as far off as the Bass for a less matter.

Source: wiktionary

1829, James Hogg (as the Ettrick Shepherd), The p and the q, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 26, page 693, He gloom'd and he skirl'd, and, when in hard case, / He whiles gae his mother a yerk on the face;

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Drums began to thump in a variety of rhythms. The flautists were not sure what to play. The shawm began to skirl.

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To a resounding wail headed by the King-Kong skirl, all gangs joined in hauling in the net.

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