Twirl
[twɜːl] or [twɝl]
Definition
(verb.) turn in a twisting or spinning motion; 'The leaves swirled in the autumn wind'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
(v. i.) To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
(n.) The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
(n.) A twist; a convolution.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Whirl, revolve, turn rapidly, turn round.
n. Whirling, circular motion.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Revolve, whirl, turn_round,[See LASH]
Checker: Walter
Definition
v.t. to turn round rapidly esp. with the fingers.—v.i. to turn round rapidly: to be whirled round.—n. a whirl: a rapid circular motion.—n. Twirl′er.—Twirl one's thumbs to do nothing be idle.
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Examples
- Then does she twirl and twine, a pastoral nymph of good family, through the mazes of the dance. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They twirl them out in the field and larks see them and come out and the Italians shoot them. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Hang it, she's the nicest little woman in England, George replied, showing his white teeth, and giving his ambrosial whiskers a twirl. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But Amy whispered, with full eyes, as she twirled the faded stool, Not tonight, dear. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Then, as the little sledge twirled riskily to rest at the bottom of the slope, 'Wait! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Crispin twirled his cigarette in his fingers, looked thoughtfully at the red tip as if consulting it as an oracle, and then made slow reply. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Long ages ago man had learned to make fire by patiently rubbing two sticks together, or by twirling a round one between his hands with its point resting upon a flat piece of wood. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Poor wretch, she said, twirling round the little bit of paper in her fingers, how I could crush her with this! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Major was twirling them round by the little chain from which they sometimes hung to their lady's waist, and was thereby endangering his own eye. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I had better see my nephew at once,' said the old lady, twirling her reticule indignantly, and rising as she spoke. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The flute is quite enough; and she began twirling her tall Cossack round the room. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- So there Casby sat, twirling and twirling, and making his polished head and forehead look largely benevolent in every knob. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Checker: Louie