Usually means: Rotate rapidly while balancing logs.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. birl: Merriam-Webster
  2. birl: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. birl: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. birl: Collins English Dictionary
  5. birl: Vocabulary.com
  6. birl: Wordnik
  7. birl: Wiktionary
  8. birl: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. birl: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. birl: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Birl, birl: Dictionary.com
  12. Birl: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. birl: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. birl: Rhymezone
  15. Birl: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. birl: FreeDictionary.org
  17. birl: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. birl: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. birl: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. birl: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. BIRL: Acronym Finder
  2. birl: A Word A Day
  3. birl: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. birl: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. birl: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See birled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (birl)

verb:  (ambitransitive, Scotland) To spin.
verb:  (transitive) To cause (a floating log) to rotate by treading on it.
verb:  (transitive) To throw down a coin as one's share in a joint contribution.
noun:  (music, bagpipes) A type of grace note movement that quickly switches between low-A and low-G several times, producing a low rippling sound.
noun:  (Internet slang, LGBTQ) A girl of boyish appearance.
verb:  Alternative form of birle (“to drink, carouse”) [(Scotland, obsolete) To pour a drink (for).]

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