yirrv.
/jəː/, U.S. /jər/, Scottish English /jɪr/ Scottish.
intransitive. To snarl, growl.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > snarl or growl
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a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 300 When idly goavin whyles we saunter, Yirr, fancy barks.
1818 G. Beattie John o' Arnha' (ed. 2) 63 The watch-dogs yirr'd and yowf'd wi' fright.
1890 J. Service Thir Notandums xix. 125 If ony whillywha o' an Englisher should yirr and mak a kilfudyoch aboot the words he doesna ken.
Derivatives
yirr n. a snarl, growl.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > snarl or growl
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [noun] > growl or snarl
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1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Yirr, the growl of a dog.
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