Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to skirl
Participle: skirled
Gerund: skirling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | skirl |
| you | skirl |
| he;she;it | skirls |
| we | skirl |
| you | skirl |
| they | skirl |
Perfect
| I | have skirled |
| you | have skirled |
| he;she;it | has skirled |
| we | have skirled |
| you | have skirled |
| they | have skirled |
Past
| I | skirled |
| you | skirled |
| he;she;it | skirled |
| we | skirled |
| you | skirled |
| they | skirled |
Pluperfect
| I | had skirled |
| you | had skirled |
| he;she;it | had skirled |
| we | had skirled |
| you | had skirled |
| they | had skirled |
Future
| I | will skirl |
| you | will skirl |
| he;she;it | will skirl |
| we | will skirl |
| you | will skirl |
| they | will skirl |
Future Perfect
| I | will have skirled |
| you | will have skirled |
| he;she;it | will have skirled |
| we | will have skirled |
| you | will have skirled |
| they | will have skirled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | skirl |
| you | skirl |
| he;she;it | skirl |
| we | skirl |
| you | skirl |
| they | skirl |
Perfect
| I | have skirled |
| you | have skirled |
| he;she;it | have skirled |
| we | have skirled |
| you | have skirled |
| they | have skirled |
Imperfect
| I | skirled |
| you | skirled |
| he;she;it | skirled |
| we | skirled |
| you | skirled |
| they | skirled |
Pluperfect
| I | had skirled |
| you | had skirled |
| he;she;it | had skirled |
| we | had skirled |
| you | had skirled |
| they | had skirled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would skirl |
| you | would skirl |
| he;she;it | would skirl |
| we | would skirl |
| you | would skirl |
| they | would skirl |
Perfect
| I | would have skirled |
| you | would have skirled |
| he;she;it | would have skirled |
| we | would have skirled |
| you | would have skirled |
| they | would have skirled |
Imperative
| you | skirl |
| we | Let's skirl |
| you | skirl |
Verbs conjugated like 'skirl'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'skirl'
shirl,
skill,
skirr,
skirt,
swirl,
akill,
birl,
chirl,
dirl,
girl,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Originally from Scots and Northern English dialects (as a verb), probably of Old Norse origin; ultimately imitative.
Sample Sentences
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Come here, or stay where ye are, and skirl as loud ye can — it's a' ye're gude for — l say, ye auld deevil, skirl — skirl — louder — louder, woman — gar the gentles hear ye in the ha' — I have heard ye as far off as the Bass for a less matter. [1819, Walter Scott, “The Bride of Lammermoor”, in Collection of Ancient and Modern British Authors, Volume 14, published 1839, page 91:]
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1829, James Hogg (as the Ettrick Shepherd), The p and the q, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 26, page 693,
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He gloom'd and he skirl'd, and, when in hard case, / He whiles gae his mother a yerk on the face;
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Drums began to thump in a variety of rhythms. The flautists were not sure what to play. The shawm began to skirl. [1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked:]