carl UK /kɑːl/US /kɑɹl̩/noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •A rude, rustic man; a churl.In Lent noblemen and carls alike had got into the traces and pulled the carts of stone themselves. — 1974 •(Scotland, no longer used) A stingy person; a niggard. verb1 •(no longer used) To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.[…] full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […] — 2001 formscarled · carling · carls