1. [UK] Cause to spin
   "birl a coin";
   - whirl, spin, twirl
    
2. [N. Amer] Cause a floating log to rotate by treading
   "The lumberjacks birled the logs down the river";
   - birle [non-standard]

Sounds like: burl, birle

Derived forms: birls, birled

Type of: circumvolve, rotate