intransitive verb. To cause (a floating log) to spin rapidly by rotating with the feet.

intransitive verb. To participate in birling.

intransitive verb. To spin.

noun. A whirring noise; a hum.

In lumbering, to cause a floating log to rotate rapidly by treading upon it.

To pour out (wine, etc.) for.

To supply or ply with drink.

To drink in company;carouse.

To move or rotate rapidly; make a noise like that made by wheels moving rapidly over stones or gravel.

To cause to rotate; twirl or spin (as a coin) in the air or on a table, as in pitch-and-toss; hence, to toss out (a coin or coins) on the table as one's contribution; contribute as one's share in paying for drinks: as, “I'll birl my bawbee,”

verb. To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin.

verb. To pour (beer or wine); to ply with drink; to drink; to carouse.

verb. Alternative form of birle.

verb. To spin.

verb. To cause a floating log to rotate by treading on it.

verb. cause a floating log to rotate by treading

verb. cause to spin

"A compendium of greatest hits, plus a poetic "birl" (spin) from Seamus Heaney, it seems to be modelled on the Burns night, with O'Hagan, a lively novelist and cultural commentator, playing MC."

circumvolve  rotate  

carouse  drink  spin  

birled  birling  birls