Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe;
VERB (2)
1.
make a shrill, wailing sound;
- Example: "skirling bagpipes"2.
play the bagpipes;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Skirl \Skirl\, v. t. & i. [Of Scand. origin, and originally the
same word as E. shrill.]
To utter in a shrill tone; to scream. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Skirl \Skirl\, n.
A shrill cry or sound. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
skirl
n 1: the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe
v 1: make a shrill, wailing sound; "skirling bagpipes"
2: play the bagpipes