Found 3 items, similar to Whirl.
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: whirl
whirl
n 1: confused movement;
“he was caught up in a whirl of work”;
“a
commotion of people fought for the exits” [syn:
commotion]
2: the shape of something rotating rapidly [syn:
swirl,
vortex,
convolution]
3: a usually brief attempt;
“he took a crack at it”;
“I gave it
a whirl” [syn:
crack,
fling,
go,
pass,
offer]
4: the act of rotating rapidly;
“he gave the crank a spin”;
“it
broke off after much twisting” [syn:
spin,
twirl,
twist,
twisting]
whirl
v 1: turn in a twisting or spinning motion;
“The leaves swirled
in the autumn wind” [syn:
twirl,
swirl,
twiddle]
2: cause to spin;
“spin a coin” [syn:
birl,
spin,
twirl]
3: flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn:
eddy,
purl,
whirlpool,
swirl]
4: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis;
“The
dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy”
[syn:
spin,
spin around,
reel,
gyrate]
5: fly around;
“The clothes tumbled in the dryer”;
“rising
smoke whirled in the air” [syn:
tumble,
whirl around]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Whirl
Whirl
\Whirl\, n. [Cf. Dan. hvirvel, Sw. hvirfvel, Icel.
hvirfill the crown of the head, G. wirbel whirl, crown of the
head, D. wervel. See
Whirl, v. t.]
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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.” --J. H. Newman.
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The rapid . . . whirl of things here below interrupt
not the inviolable rest and calmness of the noble
beings above. --South.
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2. Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
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He saw Falmouth under gray, iron skies, and whirls
of March dust. --Carlyle.
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3. A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle
of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are
attached.
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4. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) A whorl. See
Whorl.
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Whirl
\Whirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Whirled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whirling.] [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.
[root]16. See
Wharf, and cf.
Warble,
Whorl.]
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1. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity;
to make to revolve.
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He whirls his sword around without delay. --Dryden.
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2. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving
motion; to snatch; to harry. --Chaucer.
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See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels,
That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood.
--Milton.
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The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into
folly. --Tennyson.
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Whirl
\Whirl\, v. i.
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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.” --J. H.
Newman.
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The wooden engine flies and whirls about. --Dryden.
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2. To move hastily or swiftly.
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But whirled away to shun his hateful sight.
--Dryden.
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