Associations to the word «Whirl»
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Wiktionary
WHIRL, verb. (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
WHIRL, verb. (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
WHIRL, verb. (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
WHIRL, verb. (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
WHIRL, noun. An act of whirling.
WHIRL, noun. Something that whirls.
WHIRL, noun. A confused tumult.
WHIRL, noun. A rapid series of events.
WHIRL, noun. Dizziness or giddiness.
WHIRL, noun. (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.
Dictionary definition
WHIRL, noun. Confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits".
WHIRL, noun. The shape of something rotating rapidly.
WHIRL, noun. A usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl".
WHIRL, noun. The act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting".
WHIRL, verb. Turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind".
WHIRL, verb. Cause to spin; "spin a coin".
WHIRL, verb. Flow in a circular current, of liquids.
WHIRL, verb. Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy".
WHIRL, verb. Fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.