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tirls

tirls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tirl.

Meaning of tirl

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.

See all 6 meanings of tirl

Questions about tirls

What is tirls the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tirls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tirl.

Words near tirls in the dictionary

  1. tirl
  2. tirled
  3. tirlie-whirlie
  4. tirlie-whirlies
  5. tirling
  6. tirls
  7. tirma
  8. tirmas
  9. Tirnavos
  10. tiro
  11. tirocinium

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