skirl

Examples

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• The skirl wound down.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The skirl of the practice chanter made the hair on the back of his neck suddenly stand on end.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Is that the distant skirl of pipes I hear?

  Blog text (8)

• We stood in the open, and the only sound in the vast quiet was the northwest wind's snarl and skirl.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Bravura (Ital., "skirl").

  Academic text (2003)

• The seagulls follow us from the port at Caen, wheeling and gibbering, their elegant, black-tipped span of wings rising on each skirl of wind.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The skirl of the bagpipes echoed across the valley during the ceremony.

• As I walked through the festival, the skirl of the pipes filled the air with an uplifting sound.

• She felt a rush of emotion at the skirl of the bagpipes, which reminded her of her homeland.

Synonyms

S

screeching

vsskirl

58 3.3

A very loud high sound that hurts your ears

is a shrill prolonged wail with a more musical or piping quality

W

wail

vsskirl

54 3.2

A long loud cry that shows pain or deep sadness

is a shrill instrument-associated call not solely an emotional human cry

S

shrieking

vsskirl

15 3.0

A loud, very high sound like a scream made by a person or animal

is more sustained and instrumental a shrill wail not an abrupt cry

W

wailing

vsskirl

5 3.5

Loud long cries made when someone feels deep pain or sadness

is a shrill sometimes musical sound rather than purely human sobbing

S

shrilling

vsskirl

7.4

A long, very high sound that hurts the ears

is a shrill wailing tone often produced by a bagpipe

B

banshee-like wail

vsskirl

9.2

A very loud, high cry that sounds like someone in great fear or pain

is comparable but leans toward a sharp instrument sound rather than only mourning

How Shrill

skirl

1 9.9

wail

54 3.2

peep

14 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology