whirl in English dictionary

  • whirl

    Meanings and definitions of "whirl"

    • (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.
    • (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
    • (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
    • (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
    • An act of whirling.
    • Something that whirls.
    • A confused tumult.
    • A rapid series of events
    • Dizziness or giddiness.
    • noun
      An act of whirling.
    • noun
      Something that whirls.
    • noun
      A confused tumult.
    • noun
      A rapid series of events.
    • noun
      Dizziness or giddiness.
    • noun
      ( usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To make something or someone whirl.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
    • To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly
    • curl (smoke)
    • rushing a person off his feet
    • noun
      a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
    • noun
      confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"
    • noun
      the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
    • noun
      the shape of something rotating rapidly
    • verb
      cause to spin; "spin a coin"
    • verb
      flow in a circular current, of liquids
    • verb
      fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"
    • verb
      revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
    • verb
      turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

    Synonyms of "whirl" in English dictionary

    convolution, crack, twirl are the top synonyms of "whirl" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of whirl

    • whirl ( third-person singular simple present whirls, present participle whirling, simple past and past participle whirled)
    • whirl, whirled, whirling, whirls
    • whirl ( plural  whirls)
    • whirl (plural whirls)
    • whirl (third-person singular simple present whirls, present participle whirling, simple past and past participle whirled)
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