Similar words: skirt, outskirt, skirmish, skirting, outskirts, miniskirt, underskirt, kirk. Meaning: [skɜrl /skɜːl] n. the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe. v. 1. make a shrill, wailing sound 2. play the bagpipes.
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(1) I heard somebody skirling.
(2) I shall never forget hearing the skirl of Bill Millin's pipes.
(3) The demotic poetry of Robert Burns or the skirl of bagpipes at Highland gatherings are easily appreciated by immigrants.
(4) He found it amazing that he should feel a skirl of pride at the sight of her belly.
(5) Army bagpipers are to be forced to wear earplugs - because health and safety officers fear the skirl damages hearing.