Whirl

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To revolve rapidly about a center or an axis. See Synonyms at turn.
  • verb-intransitive. To rotate or spin rapidly: The dancer whirled across the stage.
  • verb-intransitive. To turn rapidly, changing direction; wheel: She whirled around to face him.
  • verb-intransitive. To have the sensation of spinning; reel: My head is whirling with data.
  • verb-intransitive. To move circularly and rapidly in varied, random directions: The wind whirled across the steppes.
  • v. To cause to rotate or turn rapidly: whirl a baton.
  • v. To move or drive in a circular or curving course.
  • v. To drive at high speed: whirled the motorcycle around the corner.
  • v. Obsolete To hurl.
  • n. The act of rotating or revolving rapidly.
  • n. Something, such as a cloud of dust, that whirls or is whirled.
  • n. A state of confusion; tumult.
  • n. A swift succession or round of events: the social whirl.
  • n. A state of mental confusion or giddiness; dizziness: My head is in a whirl.
  • n. Informal A short trip or ride.
  • n. Informal A brief or experimental try: Let's give the plan a whirl.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
  • v. To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
  • v. To make something or someone whirl.
  • n. An act of whirling.
  • n. Something that whirls.
  • n. A confused tumult.
  • n. A rapid series of events
  • n. Dizziness or giddiness.
  • n. A brief experiment or trial.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
  • v. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.
  • verb-intransitive. To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.
  • verb-intransitive. To move hastily or swiftly.
  • n. A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion.
  • n. Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
  • n. A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.
  • n. A whorl. See Whorl.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In angling, a spoon-bait.
  • To swing or turn rapidly round; rotate, or cause to revolve rapidly.
  • To cast with a twirling or twisting motion; throw with a rapid whirl.
  • To carry swiftly away with or as if with a revolving or wheeling motion.
  • Synonyms To twirl, spin, revolve, rotate.
  • To turn rapidly; move round with velocity; revolve or rotate swiftly.
  • To pass or move with a rapid whirling motion, or as if on wheels.
  • n. The whorl of a spindle.
  • n. A reel or hook used in rope-making for twisting strands of hemp or gut.
  • n. A rope-winch.
  • n. In botany and conchology See whorl.
  • n. A rapid circling motion or movement, as that of a revolving body; rapid rotation, gyration, or circumvolution: literally and figuratively: as, the whirl of a top or of a wheel; the whirls of fancy.
  • n. Something that whirls, or moves with a rapid circling motion; the circling eddy of a whirlpool, a whirlwind, or the like.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. turn in a twisting or spinning motion
  • n. the act of rotating rapidly
  • v. fly around
  • v. flow in a circular current, of liquids
  • v. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
  • n. a usually brief attempt
  • n. confused movement
  • n. the shape of something rotating rapidly
  • v. cause to spin
  • Verb Form
    whirled    whirling    whirls   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rotate    revolve    go-around    move    course    feed    flow    run    attempt    endeavor   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    whorl   
    Form
    whirligig    whirlpool   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    snatch    harry    gyrate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Berle    Curl    Earl    Earle    Erl    Merle    Pearl    Perl    Perle    Shirl   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    swirl    tumult    flurry    whirlwind    rush    stir    roar    din    bustle    flutter