Jirble - do yo use this word?

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Just wondering if its something people commonly use, perhaps in some areas more than in others? I have never come across this verb. Online dictionaries say its Scottish but I havent heard anyone use it either in England or Scotland. Thanks.

I’ve never heard it. What does it mean?

Scottish born and bred - never heard it.

Have googled. Suggests it's either a misspelling of gerbil, or something about pouring water messily.

I'd say "don't slitter your dinner down your front" or similar if discussing messy eating/drinking.

I’m Scottish and I’ve never heard of it but then the use of certain words can be very region/town specific.

Is it pronounced like gerbil? Is it a misspelling of gerbil?
Never seen the word jirble.

I had to Google. Archaic term for spill, or to pour liquid unevenly or messily. Nice word, though. Be interesting to hear from Scottish Mners whether it’s regional or widespread.

When I first saw it I thought it was going to be a new word game.

I've never heard it.

It's ment to mean to pour water/liquid in a messy manner or to spill it.

Never heard by me in Scotland, sounds like a good scrabble word to know!

I'm in an Ulster Scots part of NI and we would say 'jibble' for this rather than jirble!

Found these pronuntiations online:
British English /ˈdʒəːbl/ JUR-buhl
U.S. English /ˈdʒərb(ə)l/ JURR-buhl
Scottish English /ˈdʒɪrbl/

For a gerbil I found dʒɜːʳbɪl but to me its sounds about the same.

I like these explanations of jirble:

To spill over, as liquid from an unsteady vessel, with apparently some reference to its gurgling sound: as, a jirbling tub.

Jirble means ‘to spill by shaking or unsteady movement of the container’ or ‘to pour out unsteadily’ – usually due to carelessness. It is a Scottish word that is supposed to be imitative of the sound that is often made when liquids are jirbled.

There is also an a rather longish entry in the Scottish National Dictionary https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/jirble

I am definitely squirrelling this one away for future Scrabble purposes.

My Granny used it. Unstead hand poring out tea or fault spout in the pot and dripping it everywhere.
She ran a posh tea room. She use to complain about faulty pots

My Granny used it. Unsteady hand poring out tea or faulty spout in the pot and dripping it everywhere.
She ran a posh tea room. She use to complain about faulty pots

Nothing worse than when your gerbil jerbils!