birled

Definition of birlednext
past tense of birl, chiefly Scottish
as in roistered
to take part in drunken revelry spent a good part of his time in Edinburgh birling into the wee small hours of the night

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  • Last summer, a Gallup poll found that only fifty-four per cent of Americans drank, the lowest share in nearly a century.
    Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The report references the case of a detainee at an ICE facility who drank tap water that was contaminated with high levels of chlorine.
    Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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  • While hundreds reveled at Thursday night’s all-out bash for The Pierre hotel’s 95th anniversary, some of the building’s tenants in the floors above haven’t been feeling quite as celebratory.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • In the party scene, though, there would be plenty of swooping camera movements as the guests revelled.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The momentary outage came after the first four seasons of Stranger Things re-entered Netflix’s top ten television chart as fans binged the series in recent days in preparation for the final season.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Alternating between Laura and Cherry’s stark perspectives adds to the fun of the series that begs to be binged.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Birled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birled. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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