Why today's word makes my head birl

Dictionary.com gave me a real doozy today:

birl

\ burl \  , verb;

1. To spin or cause to rotate.

2. Chiefly Northern U.S. Lumbering . To cause (a floating log) to rotate rapidly by treading upon it.

3. British . A. To move or rotate rapidly. B. Informal . To spend money freely. C. Informal . To gamble.

 

This word was so difficult to use in natural conversation that unfortunately, I didn't use it at all today.  Don't get me wrong, it's not like I forgot or anything.  On the contrary, I kept my eyes (and ears) open for opportunities to use birl.  But nothing, nada.

 

So instead of the usual, "in this context" format, I'm going to give you other examples of what birl is used for:

 

Definition 1: Here, I like to picture a small little snowball at the top of a mountain, rolling downhill.  As it goes down, it picks up speed, birling into a ginormous snowball the size of a Toyota Camry.

 

Definition 2: That scene from Cheaper By the Dozen 2 where Steve Martin and Eugene Levy are on top of that log in the water, rolling it and trying to stay afloat.  If you have the DVD, I'd check out the bloopers.  It's pretty funny.

 

Definition 3: I just picture a roulette wheel.  It contains everything that #3 gives us.