shirl

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UK/ʃɜːl/US/ʃɝl/

proper noun

A short form of the female given name Shirley.

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Meanings

shirl1

nounshirl (countable and uncountable, plural shirls)

plural shirls

  1. archaiccountableuncountablechemistryArchaic form of schorl.

Shirl2

proper nounShirl (plural Shirls)

plural Shirls

  1. A short form of the female given name Shirley.

    Roland Jakes trips over the doorway and makes his way to Luisa. “Uh, this seat free? Didn’t eat a bite this morning. Shirl’s left me. Again.”

    2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 113
  2. A surname.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shirl

earlcurlswirlmerlefurlwhirlSearleburlgurlhurlpurlwhorltwirlcatgirlunfurlawhirlthurlSerleaswirlatwirlbirldemigirldiapergirlfoxgirl
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Cite this entry
APA

shirl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shirl

MLA

“shirl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shirl. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shirl,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shirl.

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