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Definition of Whirl

1. Noun. Confused movement. "A commotion of people fought for the exits"

2. Verb. Turn in a twisting or spinning motion. "The wooden sticks whirl "; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

3. Noun. The shape of something rotating rapidly.

4. Verb. Cause to spin. "The girls whirl the wooden sticks"; "Spin a coin"

5. Noun. A usually brief attempt. "I gave it a whirl"

6. Verb. Flow in a circular current, of liquids.

7. Noun. The act of rotating rapidly. "It broke off after much twisting"

8. Verb. Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis. "These balls whirl easily"; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"

9. Verb. Fly around. "Rising smoke whirled in the air"

Definition of Whirl

1. v. t. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

2. v. i. To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.

3. n. 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.

4. v. t. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

5. v. i. To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.

6. n. 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.

Definition of Whirl

1. to revolve rapidly [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Whirl

1. 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. "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) Origin: 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. See Wharf, and cf. Warble, Whorl. 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." "The wooden engine flies and whirls about." (Dryden) 2. To move hastily or swiftly. "But whirled away to shun his hateful sight." (Dryden) 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." "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. A whorl. See Whorl. Origin: Cf. Dan. Hvirvel, Sw. Hvirfvel, Icel. Hvirfill the crown of the head, G. Wirbel whirl, crown of the head, D. Wervel. See Whirl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Whirl

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