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Meaning of 'whirl'
Meaning of 'whirl' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Whirl 
[ v. i.]
- To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity;
to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate. [ v. i.]- To move hastily or swiftly.
2. Whirl [ v. t.]
- To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity;
to make to revolve. [ v. t.]- To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.
- 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.
- Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
- A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.
- A whorl. See Whorl.
Meaning of 'whirl' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. whirl [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the act of rotating rapidly
- the act of rotating rapidly
Example in sentence:
- he gave the crank a spin;
- it broke off after much twisting
Meaning (2):
- a usually brief attempt
- a usually brief attempt
Example in sentence:
- he took a crack at it;
- I gave it a whirl
Meaning (3):
- confused movement
- confused movement
Example in sentence:
- a commotion of people fought for the exits;
- he was caught up in a whirl of work
2. whirl [ v]
[ v]Meaning (4):
- cause to spin
- cause to spin
Example in sentence:
- spin a coin
Meaning (5):
- fly around
- fly around
Example in sentence:
- rising smoke whirled in the air;
- The clothes tumbled in the dryer
Meaning (6):
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
Example in sentence:
- The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
Meaning (7):
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion
Example in sentence:
- The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
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