tirl
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- Scrabble points
- 4
- Words With Friends
- 5
- Letters
- 4
Definition of tirl
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive)To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.
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verb
- (Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive)To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.
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(Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive)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
- (Scotland, UK, dialectal)A vibration.
- (Scotland, UK, dialectal)A substitute for a trundle wheel or lantern wheel in a mill.
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Etymology
From archaic trill (“spin, twiddle”), probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl.
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