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Pos: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun skirl has 1 senses

   skirl(n = noun.event) - the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe;
is a kind of
sound
Derived forms verb skirl2, verb skirl1


Verb skirl has 2 senses

1.  skirl(v = verb.perception) - make a shrill, wailing sound; "skirling bagpipes"
is one way to
go, sound
Derived form noun skirl1
Sample sentences: Something ----s

2.  skirl(v = verb.creation) - play the bagpipes;
is one way to
play
Derived form noun skirl1
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

skirl, v. t. & i. [Of Scand. origin, and originally the same word as E. shrill.].

   To utter in a shrill tone; to scream. [1913 Webster]


skirl, n.

   A shrill cry or sound. [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

skirl, n. & v.
--n. the shrill sound characteristic of bagpipes.
--v.intr. make a skirl.

Etymology:
prob. Scand.: ult. imit.