From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Twirl \Twirl\, v. i.
To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Twirl \Twirl\, n.
1. The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or
whirling; quick rotation.
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2. A twist; a convolution. --Woodward.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Twirl \Twirl\ (tw[~e]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twirled}
(tw[~e]rld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Twirling}.] [Cf. AS.
[thorn]wiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, [thorn]weran,
[=a][thorn]weran, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen, quirlen,
querlen to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a twirling
stick, OHG. dweran to twirl, stir. Cf. {Trowel}.]
To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and
turn rapidly with the fingers.
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See ruddy maids,
Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
--Dodsley.
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No more beneath soft eve's consenting star
Fandango twirls his jocund castanet. --Byron.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twirl
n 1: a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop
is pulled tight [syn: {kink}, {twist}, {twirl}]
2: 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},
{whirl}]
2: cause to spin; "spin a coin" [syn: {whirl}, {birl}, {spin},
{twirl}]
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