skirl
- n the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe
- v make a shrill, wailing sound
skirling bagpipes - v play the bagpipes
- Noting that Luna's signals sounded like "a skirl of bagpipes," Lovell relayed them by loudspeaker to reporters gathered at the observatory and provided an interpretive narrative of .
- Sir, bagpipes don't bray, they skirl.
- The skirl o' the bagpipes, even more dramatic by virtue of being played indoors, accompanies the "great chieftain o' the puddin-race" born aloft to the table by a chef.