Associations to the word «Skirl»

Wiktionary

SKIRL, verb. (Scotland) (Northern England) To make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes.

Dictionary definition

SKIRL, noun. The sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe.
SKIRL, verb. Make a shrill, wailing sound; "skirling bagpipes".
SKIRL, verb. Play the bagpipes.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King