"skirling" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskɜːlɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskɝlɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-skirling.wav [Southern-England] Forms: skirlings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} skirling (plural skirlings)
  1. (UK, dialect) A small trout or salmon. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-skirling-en-noun-rRR0EazN Categories (other): British English
  2. (Northern England and Scotland) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland
    Sense id: en-skirling-en-noun-eveGJY2W Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English

Verb

IPA: /ˈskɜːlɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskɝlɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-skirling.wav [Southern-England]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} skirling
  1. present participle and gerund of skirl Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: skirl Categories (lifeform): Salmonids
    Sense id: en-skirling-en-verb-7q3DzyWX Disambiguation of Salmonids: 38 14 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 31 56

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for skirling meaning in English (3.4kB)

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