tirling

Verb

tirl (third-person singular simple present tirls, present participle tirling, simple past and past participle tirled)

1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.
2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To make a rattling or clattering sound by twirling or shaking.
   • to tirl at the pin, or latch, of a door
3. (transitive) To twist.
4. (transitive) To strip; to unroof.

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