Tirl
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Tirl is a verb meaning (intransitive, UK, Scotland, dialect) To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.
Meaning
(intransitive, UK, Scotland, dialect) To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, UK, Scotland, dialect) To make a rattling or clattering sound by twirling or shaking.
- (transitive) To twist.
- (transitive) To strip; to unroof.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A vibration.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A substitute for a trundle wheel or lantern wheel in a mill.
Example Sentences
to tirl at the pin, or latch, of a door
Word Forms
- tirls
- tirling
- tirled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tremble, tremulate, quiver, trill, twistle, grill.
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