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0 a loud, high sound, especially that of bagpipes (= a musical instrument, popular in Scotland, played by blowing air into a bag and pressing it out through pipes):
In the distance I heard a skirl of bagpipes.
What musical instrument makes a shrill sound called a skirl?
1 (especially of bagpipes) to make a loud, high sound:
Drums rolled and bagpipes skirled.
A lone piper skirled a lament.
His skirling guitar was a central feature of the record.
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