tirl
English edit
Etymology edit
From archaic trill (“spin, twiddle”), probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Verb edit
tirl (third-person singular simple present tirls, present participle tirling, simple past and past participle tirled)
- (intransitive, UK, Scotland, dialect) To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.
- (intransitive, UK, Scotland, dialect) To make a rattling or clattering sound by twirling or shaking.
- to tirl at the pin, or latch, of a door
- (transitive) To twist.
- (transitive) To strip; to unroof.
Noun edit
tirl (plural tirls)
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A vibration.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A substitute for a trundle wheel or lantern wheel in a mill.
Anagrams edit
Scots edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain; compare tirr.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tirl (third-person singular simple present tirls, present participle tirlin, simple past tirlt, past participle tirlt)