2. Noun. The motion of something that twirls. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Twirling
1. twirl [v] - See also: twirl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twirling
Literary usage of Twirling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim Fathers: Or, The Founders of New England in the Reign of James by William Henry Bartlett (1853)
"... throw up columns of water against the windows and brickwork of the houses,—or
to a chance salute from some twirling mop, or a sudden shock from one of ..."
2. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"And he protested, that though he offered her every proof of twisting, twitching,
and twirling that she pleased, she calmly continued painting, ..."
3. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1877)
"What a fluttering there is here of many-tinted feathers, what a sparkling of
bright eyes, what a twirling of fans, what a brisk exchange of airy repartee ..."
4. The Novelist's Magazine (1782)
"... their law red fingert, • gan, which had been employed in f milking the cows,
in twirling the ' mop or ..."
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