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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024birl (bûrl),USA pronunciation v.t. - Building, Dialect Terms[Chiefly Northern U.S. Lumbering.]to cause (a floating log) to rotate rapidly by treading upon it.
- British Termsto spin or cause to rotate.
v.i. - Dialect Terms, Building[Chiefly Northern U.S. Lumbering.]to cause a floating log to rotate rapidly by treading on it.
- British Terms
- to move or rotate rapidly.
- [Informal.]to spend money freely.
- [Informal.]to gamble.
n. - British Termsan attempt;
a gamble.
- perh. blend of, blended birr1 and whirl, influenced, in some senses, by birle 1715–25
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