"tirl" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tirls [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l Etymology: From archaic trill (“spin, twiddle”), probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl. Etymology templates: {{m|en|trill||spin, twiddle}} trill (“spin, twiddle”), {{der|en|ang|þweran||to twirl, stir}} Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”), {{m|en|twirl}} twirl, {{m|en|thirl}} thirl Head templates: {{en-noun}} tirl (plural tirls)
  1. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A vibration. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-tirl-en-noun-eAVmhbr2 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English
  2. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A substitute for a trundle wheel or lantern wheel in a mill. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-tirl-en-noun-Ne7~M3G7 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English

Verb

Forms: tirls [present, singular, third-person], tirling [participle, present], tirled [participle, past], tirled [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l Etymology: From archaic trill (“spin, twiddle”), probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl. Etymology templates: {{m|en|trill||spin, twiddle}} trill (“spin, twiddle”), {{der|en|ang|þweran||to twirl, stir}} Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”), {{m|en|twirl}} twirl, {{m|en|thirl}} thirl Head templates: {{en-verb}} tirl (third-person singular simple present tirls, present participle tirling, simple past and past participle tirled)
  1. (intransitive, UK, Scotland, dialect) To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-tirl-en-verb-ww2IYtZr Categories (other): British English, Scottish English
  2. (intransitive, UK, Scotland, dialect) To make a rattling or clattering sound by twirling or shaking. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-tirl-en-verb-NTFophjT Categories (other): British English, Scottish English
  3. (transitive) To twist. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tirl-en-verb-2EzQTfMS
  4. (transitive) To strip; to unroof. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tirl-en-verb-NcP2RR36

Inflected forms

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