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chirl

chirl verb: to emit a low sound; to warble.

Verb

chirl (third-person singular simple present chirls, present participle chirling, simple past and past participle chirled)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) To emit a low sound; to warble.

Noun

chirl (plural chirls)

  1. (Scotland) A kind of musical warble.

Forms of chirl

Verb
third-person singular presentchirls
present participlechirling
past participlechirled
pastchirled
Noun
pluralchirls

Origin of chirl

Imitative; compare chirr.

Questions about chirl

What does chirl mean?
Chirl means to emit a low sound; to warble.
What part of speech is chirl?
Chirl can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of chirl?
The past tense of chirl is chirled.

Words near chirl in the dictionary

  1. chirking
  2. chirking up
  3. chirks
  4. chirks up
  5. chirky
  6. chirl
  7. CHIRLA
  8. chirled
  9. chirling
  10. chirls
  11. chirm

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