Definitions of Whirl [ʰwɜrl, wɜrl]

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Definition of 'Whirl'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) whirl
to spin or rotate rapidly.

2.  whirl
to turn about or aside quickly.

3.  whirl
to move or be carried rapidly along:
to whirl down the freeway.

4.  whirl
to experience confusion or dizziness:
My head is whirling.

5. (v.t.) whirl
to cause to spin or rotate rapidly.

6.  whirl
to drive or carry in a circular or curving course.

7.  whirl
to drive or carry along rapidly.

8.  whirl
Obs. to throw or hurl.

9. (n.) whirl
the act of whirling.

10.  whirl
a whirling movement; quick turn.

11.  whirl
a short trip, as a drive or walk:
a whirl around the block.

12.  whirl
something that whirls; a whirling mass.

13.  whirl
a rapid round of events:
a whirl of graduation parties.

14.  whirl
a state marked by dizziness or a dizzying succession of feelings or thoughts:
My head is in a whirl.

15.  whirl
an attempt; trial:
He gave the diet a whirl.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < ON hvirfla to whirl, akin to OE hwyrflung turning, revolving, hwyrfel circuit; see whorl)

Definition of 'Whirl'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) whirl, commotion
confused movement
"he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"

2. (noun) whirl, swirl, vortex, convolution
the shape of something rotating rapidly

3. (noun) crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer
a usually brief attempt
"he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

4. (verb) spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl
the act of rotating rapidly
"he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"

5. (verb) twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl
turn in a twisting or spinning motion
"The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

6. (verb) whirl, birl, spin, twirl
cause to spin
"spin a coin"

7. (verb) eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl
flow in a circular current, of liquids

8. (verb) spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
"The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"

9. (verb) whirl, tumble, whirl around
fly around
"The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"

Definition of 'Whirl'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) whirl
to move in a circular motion
dancers whirling around the ballroom

Definition of 'Whirl'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) Whirl
to turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve

2. (verb) Whirl
to remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry

3. (verb) Whirl
to be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate

4. (verb) Whirl
to move hastily or swiftly

5. (verb) Whirl
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

6. (verb) Whirl
anything that moves with a whirling motion

7. (verb) Whirl
a revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached

8. (verb) Whirl
a whorl. See Whorl

Translation of 'Whirl'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to move rapidly (round, away etc) She whirled round when I called her name; The wind whirled my hat away before I could grab it.
Afrikaans: wegwaai	Arabic: يُدَوِّم، يَلُف، يَدور كا	Bulgarian: въртя се силно
Brazilian: rodopiar	Czech: prudce se otočit; odnést	German: wirbeln
Danish: snurre; hvirvle	Greek: στροβιλίζω, στροβιλίζομαι	Spanish: ir como un relámpago, gir
Estonian: pöörama, keerutama	Farsi: چرخانيدن	Finnish: pyörähtää
French: se retourner brusquement;	Hebrew: לְסוֹבֵב בִּמהִירוּת	Hindi: तेजी से घूमना
Croatian: brzo se kretati	Hungarian: forog	Indonesian: berputar
Icelandic: snarsnúa(st); þyrla(st);	Italian: girarsi; (far turbinare/v	Japanese: さっと動く
Korean: 급히 움직이다	Lithuanian: ap(si)sukti	Latvian: []griezt; []vērpt; griezt
Malay: memusing-musingkan	Dutch: wervelen	Norwegian: snurre; bråsnu, virvle, s
Polish: (za)wirować, okręcić się,	Portuguese: rodopiar	Romanian: a seîntoarce brusc; a înv
Russian: кружить(ся)	Slovak: prudko sa otočiť; odniesť	Slovenian: hitro se obrniti; zavrtet
Serbian: vrteti	Swedish: virvla, slunga, slänga	Thai: หมุนเวียนรอบอย่างรวดเร็ว
Turkish: fırıl fırıl dön(dür)mek	Taiwanese: 飛快旋轉，風吹飄走	Ukrainian: крутити(ся); кружляти
Urdu: تیزی سے گھومنا	Vietnamese: xoáy tít; quay cuồng	Chinese: 使飞快移动，使旋转，风卷去
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