Swirl

v. t. & i.	1.	To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy. [imp. & p. p. Swirled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Swirling.]
n.	1.	A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl.

Noun	1.	swirl - the shape of something rotating rapidly Synonyms: convolution, vortex, whirl
Verb	1.	swirl - turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" Synonyms: twiddle, twirl, whirl
	2.	swirl - flow in a circular current, of liquids Synonyms: eddy, purl, whirlpool, whirl

Charybdis, Maelstrom, ado, agitate, agitation, back stream, backflow, backwash, backwater, beat, beat up, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, brouhaha, burst, bustle, centrifugate, centrifuge, churn, churn up, circulate, cirrus, coil, commotion, contort, conturbation, convulse, corkscrew, countercurrent, counterflow, counterflux, crinkle, curl, curlicue, curve, disarrange, discompose, discomposure, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, disturb, disturbance, dizzy round, ebullience, ebullition, eddy, effervescence, embroilment, evolute, excite, excitement, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, fever, feverishness, fidgetiness, fidgets, fit, flap, flurry, fluster, flutter, flutteration, flutteriness, foment, fret, fume, furl, fuss, fussiness, gulf, gurge, gush, gyrate, gyre, helix, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, hurry, hurry-scurry, inquietude, intort, involute, jitters, jumpiness, kink, maelstrom, malaise, meander, moil, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, paddle, pell-mell, perturb, perturbate, perturbation, pirouette, pother, purl, rat race, reel, refluence, reflux, regurgitation, restlessness, rile, ringlet, ripple, roil, roll, roughen, round, rout, row, ruffle, rumple, scallop, scramble, screw, scroll, seethe, seething, serpentine, shake, shake up, slink, snake, spasm, spin, spiral, spurt, stew, stir, stir up, surge, sweat, swirling, tendril, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, trouble, tumult, tumultuation, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, turn, twine, twirl, twist, twist and turn, twitter, unease, unquiet, unrest, uproar, upset, volute, volution, vortex, wheel, whip, whip up, whirl, whirligig, whirlpool, whirlwind, whisk, whorl, wind, work up, worm, wring, yeastiness

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