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whirl

Nouns

• (n) confused movement
  • he was caught up in a whirl of work
  • a commotion of people fought for the exits
  commotion,
• (n) the shape of something rotating rapidly convolution, swirl, vortex,
• (n) a usually brief attempt
  • he took a crack at it
  • I gave it a whirl
  fling, go, offer, crack, pass,
• (n) the act of rotating rapidly
  • he gave the crank a spin
  • it broke off after much twisting
  spin, twirl, twisting, twist,

Verbs

• (v) turn in a twisting or spinning motion
  • The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
  swirl, twiddle, twirl,
• (v) cause to spin
  • spin a coin
  birl, twirl, spin,
• (v) flow in a circular current, of liquids eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl,
• (v) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
  • The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
  spin, spin around, gyrate, reel,
• (v) fly around
  • The clothes tumbled in the dryer
  • rising smoke whirled in the air
  whirl around, tumble,

Synonyms

commotion swirl twiddle twirl birl spin convolution vortex fling go offer crack pass eddy purl whirlpool twisting twist spin around gyrate reel whirl around tumble

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