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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirl/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirl/#x1)
- The boy let out a skirl that made the giant jump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirl/#x2)
- The gulls skirled over the harbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirl/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «skirl» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirl/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.