v. t. | 1. | |
1. | To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve. | |
2. | To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry. | |
v. i. | 1. | To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate. |
2. | To move hastily or swiftly. | |
n. | 1. | |
1. | A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; | |
2. | Anything that moves with a whirling motion. | |
3. | A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached. | |
4. | (Bot. & Zool.) A whorl. See Whorl. |
Noun | 1. | whirl - confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits" Synonyms: commotion |
2. | whirl - the shape of something rotating rapidly | |
3. | whirl - a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" | |
4. | whirl - the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" | |
Verb | 1. | whirl - turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" |
2. | whirl - cause to spin; "spin a coin" | |
3. | whirl - flow in a circular current, of liquids | |
4. | whirl - revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" | |
5. | whirl - fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air" Synonyms: whirl around, tumble |