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whirl
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Noun
  • the act of rotating rapidly
    • he gave the crank a spin
    • it broke off after much twisting
  • a usually brief attempt
    • he took a crack at it
    • I gave it a whirl
  • the shape of something rotating rapidly
  • confused movement
    • he was caught up in a whirl of work
    • a commotion of people fought for the exits
Verb
  • fly around
    • The clothes tumbled in the dryer
    • rising smoke whirled in the air
  • revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
    • The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
  • flow in a circular current, of liquids
  • cause to spin
    • spin a coin
  • turn in a twisting or spinning motion
    • The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
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