skirl

Etymology
Originally from and Northern English dialects (as a verb), probably of  origin; ultimately imitative.

Verb

 * 1)  To make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes.
 * 2) * 1829, (as the Ettrick Shepherd), The p and the q, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 26, page 693,
 * He gloom'd and he skirl'd, and, when in hard case, / He whiles gae his mother a yerk on the face;
 * He gloom'd and he skirl'd, and, when in hard case, / He whiles gae his mother a yerk on the face;

Noun

 * 1)  A shrill sound, as of bagpipes.
 * 2) * 2006 [Bantam],, Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead, 2011, Black Swan, page 191,
 * The last servants and late officials hurried into their places, the guards took their positions, and then, with a beating of the drums and a skirl of reed pipes, the whole group made its way back across the courtyard and up the stairs to the Window of Appearances between the palace and the Great Temple.
 * 1) * 2006 [Bantam],, Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead, 2011, Black Swan, page 191,
 * The last servants and late officials hurried into their places, the guards took their positions, and then, with a beating of the drums and a skirl of reed pipes, the whole group made its way back across the courtyard and up the stairs to the Window of Appearances between the palace and the Great Temple.

Verb

 * 1) to make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes
 * 2) to scream
 * 3) to shriek
 * 4) to laugh shrilly

Noun

 * 1) shrill, piercing noise
 * 2) scream, screech