skirl

«skirl» in Mova's school dictionary: A loud, shrill cry or high sound, such as the sound of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun or verb (skirl, skirls, skirled, skirling); old or rare word

meaning for a pupil

A loud, shrill cry or high sound, such as the sound of bagpipes; to make such a cry. tree →

sense in the lessons

in the lessons a sudden shrill cry from a young boy, which startles a giant who did not expect such a noise from so small a person

examples

• The pipes gave a loud skirl. tree →
• The boy let out a skirl that made the giant jump. tree →
• The gulls skirled over the harbour. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «skirl» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.