smirr

plural smirrs

1. alternativeAlternative form of smur

   The man was dead but Kidd aimed the gun once more and a light mist sprayed his cheeks like a cool smirr of rain.

   2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 499

   1 more example

   In the November smirr they made his team take off their shirts. He walked up and down the pitch, rubbing at his chest, unsure whether it was frozen or scalding hot from the wind.

   2020, Douglas Stewart, Shuggie Bain, page 269

present singular third person smirrs · participle present smirring · participle past smirred · past smirred

1. alternativeAlternative form of smur

   The queue was about the size of a small football crowd and in the smirring rain it should have been a formula for misery. But the place was jumping joyously.

   2014, William McIlvanney, The Papers of Tony Veitch

2. ScotlandtransitiveTo cover with fine rain.

   Rain clouds smirred the horizon, but for now the grey mists above were content to drift on.

   2022, John MacKay, The Road Dance