skirl
Pipes' piercing voice
Skirl is the shrill, wailing sound of a bagpipe, or any similar high-pitched piercing cry.
The word works as both noun and verb: The skirl of pipes echoed across the glen; Bagpipes skirled in the distance.
Primarily Scottish in origin and use, it captures that distinctive keening quality that carries across open landscape.
Penetrating or very sharp
- shriekShrill, piercing cry
- screechHigh, harsh cry
- wailProlonged mournful cry
- high-pitchedHigh in frequency
keen · sharp · earsplitting · strident · grating · discordant · cacophony · jarring
Unmanned flying machine
- chanterRitual vocalist
- reedsHollow-stemmed marsh plants
- piperWind instrument performer
- pipe bandMusical group featuring bagpipes
air bag · blowpipe · mouthpiece · fingering · grace notes · embellishment · drones · bag
piercing
Penetrating or very sharp
high-pitched · keen · sharp · earsplitting · strident · grating · discordant · cacophony · jarring · harsh
drone
Unmanned flying machine
pipe band · air bag · blowpipe · mouthpiece · fingering · grace notes · embellishment · drones · bag · chanters
Highlands
Named elevated regions
ceilidh · Highland games · Burns Night · Hogmanay · sporran · thistle · heather · loch · Glasgow · Edinburgh
gust
Brief wind surge
howling · blustery · whistling · swirling · tempest · squall · storm · blowing · buffeting · whirlwind