About The Word Whirl
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Whirl Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Whirl?
[n] the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
[n] a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" [n] confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits" [n] the shape of something rotating rapidly [v] revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" [v] flow in a circular current, of liquids [v] fly around, as of paper on the sidewalk, or clothes in a dryer, or rising smoke in the wind [v] cause to spin; "spin a coin" [v] turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" Synonyms | Synonyms for Whirl: birl | commotion | convolution | crack | eddy | fling | go | gyrate | offer | pass | purl | reel | skirl | spin | spin | spin around | swirl | swirl | tumble | twiddle | twirl | twirl | twist | twisting | vortex | whirl around | whirlpool Related Terms | Find terms related to Whirl: See Also | attempt | birling | circumvolve | course | effort | endeavor | endeavour | flow | go around | logrolling | motion | move | movement | pirouette | revolve | rotate | rotation | round shape | run | try | whirligig Whirl In Webster's Dictionary \Whirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whirled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Whirling}.] [OE. whirlen, probably from the Scand.; cf.
Icel. & Sw. hvirfla, Dan. hvirvle; akin to D. wervelen, G.
wirbeln, freq. of the verb seen in Icel. hverfa to turn.
[root]16. See {Wharf}, and cf. {Warble}, {Whorl}.]
1. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity;
to make to revolve.
He whirls his sword around without delay. --Dryden.
2. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving
motion; to snatch; to harry. --Chaucer.
See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, That
whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood. --Milton.
The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into
folly. --Tennyson.
\Whirl\, v. i. 1. To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate. ``The whirling year vainly my dizzy eyes pursue.'' --J. H. Newman. The wooden engine flies and whirls about. --Dryden. 2. To move hastily or swiftly. But whirled away to shun his hateful sight. --Dryden. \Whirl\, n. [Cf. Dan. hvirvel, Sw. hvirfvel, Icel. hvirfill the crown of the head, G. wirbel whirl, crown of the head, D. wervel. See {Whirl}, v. t.] 1. A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel. ``In no breathless whirl.'' --J. H. Newman. The rapid . . . whirl of things here below interrupt not the inviolable rest and calmness of the noble beings above. --South. 2. Anything that moves with a whirling motion. He saw Falmouth under gray, iron skies, and whirls of March dust. --Carlyle. 3. A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached. 4. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) A whorl. See {Whorl}. |
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