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skirlings

skirlings is the plural of skirling.

Meaning of skirling

Noun

skirling (plural skirlings)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A small trout or salmon.
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.
    • When the skirling of the pipes cleft the air his cold eyes softened.1885, Juliana Horatia Ewing, The Story of a Short Life

Questions about skirlings

What is skirlings the plural of?
Skirlings is the plural of skirling.

Words near skirlings in the dictionary

  1. Skirians
  2. skirl
  3. skirled
  4. skirlie
  5. skirling
  6. skirlings
  7. skirls
  8. skirmish
  9. skirmished
  10. skirmisher
  11. skirmishers

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