"gurl" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɝl/ [General-American], /ɡʊɹ(ə)l/ [General-American], /ɡɜːl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-gurl.ogg [US] Forms: gurls [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l Etymology: Variant spelling of girl. Etymology templates: {{m|en|girl}} girl Head templates: {{en-noun}} gurl (plural gurls)
  1. (informal, nonstandard or eye dialect) Alternative form of girl. Tags: alt-of, alternative, informal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: girl
    Sense id: en-gurl-en-noun-ghNufanC Categories (other): English eye dialect
  2. (LGBT slang) Term of address between cis gay men or transgender women. Tags: slang Categories (topical): LGBT, Female
    Sense id: en-gurl-en-noun-LR4mBFbq Disambiguation of Female: 2 41 49 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 49 46 Topics: LGBT, lifestyle, sexuality
  3. (LGBT) A trans girl or woman. Categories (topical): LGBT, Female, Transgender
    Sense id: en-gurl-en-noun-xpNIOa0G Disambiguation of Female: 2 41 49 8 Disambiguation of Transgender: 2 39 53 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 49 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 20 53 25 Topics: LGBT, lifestyle, sexuality
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Miss Gurl Related terms: girl, boi
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: gurls [present, singular, third-person], gurling [participle, present], gurled [participle, past], gurled [past]
Etymology: From Middle English gurlen (“to growl, rumble”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gurlen||to growl, rumble}} Middle English gurlen (“to growl, rumble”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} gurl (third-person singular simple present gurls, present participle gurling, simple past and past participle gurled)
  1. (Scotland, Ireland) To growl or snarl. Tags: Ireland, Scotland
    Sense id: en-gurl-en-verb-1RTEhB2G Categories (other): Irish English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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