Meaning

2 senses
  1. A type of grace note movement that quickly switches between low-A and low-G several times, producing a low rippling sound.

  2. (Internet)A girl of boyish appearance.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English birlen. Blend of boy + girl.

Inherited from Middle English birlen.

Blend of boy + girl.

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Forms

plural: birls
Singularbirl
Pluralbirls

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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