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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | play |
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | sound |
Examples of skirl
skirl
The drone of the vuvuzela has been succeeded by the skirl of the bagpipe.
From the timesunion.com
The Saltire flaps gently from the battlements and the skirl of pipes drifts from Princes Street.
From the telegraph.co.uk
We find the Cerdedo festival grounds by following the skirl of bagpipes wailing from loudspeakers.
From the time.com
For all the craze about those vuvuzelas, the sweetest sound for Oosthuizen turned out to be the skirl of a bagpipe.
From the freep.com
Troops that marched to the skirl of bagpipes and the cadence of drummers assaulted the unbroken forest with axes, mattocks and shovels.
From the post-gazette.com
To the blare of military bands and the skirl of bagpipes, a troopship last week steamed into Egypt's sweltering Sinai port of Tor.
From the time.com
With a chuff of steam and a skirl of wheels, the aged black locomotive pulled out of Danang, carrying 500 passengers bound for Hue.
From the time.com
The boulevard rededication began under partly cloudy skies with the skirl of bagpipes from the Pittsburgh Firefighters Memorial Pipe Band.
From the post-gazette.com
Here, overlooking the harbor in an untried fortress, kilted pipers, drummers and dancers perform the bagpipe skirl of the islands'pipe band.
From the independent.co.uk
- Make a shrill, wailing sound; "skirling bagpipes"
- The sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe
- Play the bagpipes
- (skirling) A small trout or salmon; A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl
