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birl
[ burl ]
verb (used with object)
- Chiefly Northern U.S. Lumbering. to cause (a floating log) to rotate rapidly by treading upon it.
- British. to spin or cause to rotate.
verb (used without object)
- Chiefly Northern U.S. Lumbering. to cause a floating log to rotate rapidly by treading on it.
- British.
- to move or rotate rapidly.
- Informal. to spend money freely.
- Informal. to gamble.
noun
- British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
birl
1/ b蓽藧l; b瑟rl /
verb
- to spin; twirl
- to cause (a floating log) to spin using the feet while standing on it, esp as a sport among lumberjacks
noun
- a variant spelling of burl 2
birl
2/ b瑟rl; b蓽藧l /
verb
- archaic.to ply (one's guests, etc) with drink
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Derived Forms
- 藞产颈谤濒颈苍驳, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 产颈谤濒顎侥谤 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of birl1
C18: probably imitative and influenced by whirl and hurl
Origin of birl2
Old English byrelian ; related to byrele cup-bearer
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Example Sentences
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There was sea salt in the air, and sleepless seagulls were birling in the darkness overhead.
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For years, Muir, a self-possessed 12-year-old from the East Bay, told his parents that he was a 鈥渂irl鈥: part boy, part girl.
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Birl, birl, v.t. to spin anything round: to throw down a coin as one's share in a joint contribution.鈥攙.i. to whirl round.
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Oh, could I but snap his nerves one by one, and birl among his vitals!
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Already he had mastered the rudiments of 鈥渂irling,鈥 and could run across floating logs, if not gracefully at least with slight chance of a ducking.
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