Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1824-1866, 1930
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]
TIRR, v.2, n.2 [tɪr]
I. v. To beat, vibrate, thump (Ags. 1972).Ags. 1930 A. Kennedy Orra Boughs xxxvi.:
Soond sent my hert loupin' and tirrin' against my Adam's aipple.
II. n. A thumping, shaking; the nickname of a half-witted character in Montrose who used to seize and shake children who teased him.Ags. 1824 J. Bowick Characters 12:
"Tirrhoebuck! Gie's a tirr" — the urchins cried, Whene'er they saw him passing near their way.Ags. 1866 D. Mitchell Hist. Montrose 142:
When he made his appearance the boys would have cried, "Here's Tirr, let's seek a tirr." I once sought one, but never another, for he stood in behind me, put his great big hands on my shoulders, and nearly shook the soul out of the body.
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Tirr v.2, n.2". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/tirr_v2_n2>
