Word of the Day - September 30, 2024
BIRLING
- a game played by lumberjacks, in which each tries to balance longest on a floating log while rotating the log with the feet.
- a lumberjack game [n -S]
- a lumberjack's game [n BIRLINGS] / BIRL, to rotate a floating log [v] / BIRLE, to carouse (to engage in a carousal) [v]
- attempt; gamble
- game played by lumberjacks, in which each tries to balance longest on a floating log while rotating the log with the feet
- to cause (a floating log) to rotate by walking on it rapidly
- to cause a floating log to rotate by walking on it rapidly
- to drink deeply; carouse
- to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for
- to spend money freely or gamble
- to spin or cause to rotate
