SKIRL - the sound of bagpipes
wofahulicodoc
08/12/2026 4:55 PM
SKIRR
PRONUNCIATION: (skuhr)
MEANING: verb intr.: To move rapidly, especially away.
verb tr.: To range rapidly over an area, especially in search of something.
noun: A whirring or grating sound.
ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps a variant of scour (to move rapidly or search), itself perhaps from Old Norse skur (shower). Earliest documented use: 1548 for the verb and c. 1870 for the noun.
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OSKIRR - award for making the best Irish movie of the year
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