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BIRLING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does birling mean?
• BIRLING (noun)
The noun BIRLING has 1 sense:
1. rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)
Familiarity information: BIRLING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
birling; logrolling
Hypernyms ("birling" is a kind of...):
spin; twirl; twist; twisting; whirl (the act of rotating rapidly)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
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