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[ skur-ling ] / ˈskɜr lɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR skirling ON THESAURUS.COM
noun Scot. and North England.Origin of skirlingFirst recorded in 1775–85; skirl + -ing1 Words nearby skirlingskip tracer, skip welding, skip zone, ski rack, skirl, skirling, skirmish, Skirnir, Skíros, skirr, skirret Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for skirlingHe did not imagine he would hear these skirling pipers again. Michael Daly: My Last Day With JFK|Michael Daly|November 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST Yet this was to be seen yesterday afternoon when the pipes were skirling their martial strains, to the delight of all and sundry. War's Brighter Side|Julian Ralph. That was the wild and ominous air that was skirling up on the hillside; and Mackenzie's face, as he heard it, grew wroth. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science|Various She played absent-mindedly, her fingers skipping and skirling on the notes. The Black Opal|Katharine Susannah Prichard
There were elf-bulls, routing and skirling up and down there, and they affrighted me. Witch, Warlock, and Magician|William Henry Davenport Adams Scarlett came in a moment after and sniffed, with his nose in the air; then he walked to the pan in which the bacon was skirling.
Words related to skirlingblare, hiss, sound, signal, whine, warble, pipe, toot, whiz, wheeze, blast, shriek, fife, trill, tootle, flute, skirl |