skirl | ||
1. | [ verb ] (music) fly around, as of paper on the sidewalk, or clothes in a dryer, or rising smoke in the wind | |
Synonyms: | tumble whirl_around whirl | |
Related terms: | move play music whirl | |
2. | [ verb ] (music) make a shrill, wailing sound | |
Examples: | "skirling bagpipes" |
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Related terms: | go play | |
3. | [ verb ] make a shrill, wailing sound, as of bagpipes | |
Related terms: | go | |
4. | [ noun ] the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe | |
Related terms: | sound whirl | |