Your Scottish Slang Word O’ The Day: Birl

«
»
This entry is part 21 of 28 in the series Your Scottish Slang Word Of The Day

Twenty-first in a series

birl
(burl) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~v.
1. to spin around, to revolve rapidly.
2. a whistle; the sound made by a whistle.
~adv. birlin’ (“Ah tell ye, efter a’ that dancin’ ma heid’s fair birlin’“).

Posted by Doug on January 31st, 2005 Posted in Humor Tagged as: ,

Literal Barrage is Stephen Fry proof thanks to caching by WP Super Cache