skirls

Meaning of skirls

plural noun
  1. a shrill, wailing sound, especially that of bagpipes.
    we heard a skirl of the pipes
verb, 3rd person present
  1. (of bagpipes) produce a shrill, wailing sound.
    the pipes skirled and moaned down the street
    the skirling of the Breton bagpipes

late Middle English (as a verb): probably of Scandinavian origin; ultimately imitative.

Information about skirls

  • The singular form of skirls is: skirl.
  • Languages ​​in which skirls is used:

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Hyphenation of skirls

skirls

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • skirls is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with skirls

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