tirl

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verb

To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.

“to tirl at the pin, or latch, of a door”

OriginOld English þweran →
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Meanings

verbtirl (third-person singular simple present tirls, present participle tirling, simple past and past participle tirled)

present singular third person tirls · participle present tirling · participle past tirled · past tirled

  1. ScotlandUKdialectalintransitiveTo quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.
  2. ScotlandUKdialectalintransitiveTo make a rattling or clattering sound by twirling or shaking.

    to tirl at the pin, or latch, of a door

  3. transitiveTo twist.
  4. transitiveTo strip; to unroof.
nountirl (plural tirls)

plural tirls

  1. ScotlandUKdialectalA vibration.
  2. ScotlandUKdialectalA substitute for a trundle wheel or lantern wheel in a mill.

Origin

  1. Old Englishþweran“to twirl, stir”
  2. Englishtirl

From archaic trill (“spin, twiddle”), probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tirl

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Anagrams

lirt
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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