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pirling

pirling is the present participle and gerund of pirl.

Meaning of pirl

Verb

pirl (third-person singular simple present pirls, present participle pirling, simple past and past participle pirled)

  1. (transitive) To twist or wind, especially into a cord or braid etc.
  2. (intransitive) To ripple or swirl, especially of water.
  3. (transitive) To cause to revolve or spin.

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Questions about pirling

What is pirling the present participle and gerund of?
Pirling is the present participle and gerund of pirl.

Words near pirling in the dictionary

  1. pirled
  2. pirlicue
  3. pirlicues
  4. pirlimycin
  5. pirlindole
  6. pirling
  7. pirls
  8. pirmenol
  9. pirn
  10. Pirna
  11. pirnabine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pirling (page history and authors); pirl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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