Meaning & use
Birling
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A competitive sport in which two people stand on a floating log and try to spin it with their feet to knock each other off.
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The lumberjack festival's birling contest drew a huge crowd to the lake.
She trained for months to keep her balance in the birling final.
A note on using this word
The word derives from Scottish dialect "birl," meaning to spin or whirl rapidly.
Words with a similar meaning
logrolling
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Another way to use it
2. verb
(chiefly Scottish) To spin or whirl around rapidly.
The dancers went birling across the floor.
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