whirl

IPA: wˈɝɫ

noun

  • An act of whirling.
  • Something that whirls.
  • A confused tumult.
  • A rapid series of events.
  • Dizziness or giddiness.
  • (informal) (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.

verb

  • (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
  • (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
  • (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
  • (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
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Examples of "whirl" in Sentences

  • They whirl their heads around.
  • Cyclones whirl past Brady in final game.
  • The bee began to whirl around the flower.
  • Measure the whirling and infer the angular momentum.
  • A wonderful world class whirl by Orchestra of Opera North.
  • These intermediaries include the gustnado and the fire whirl.
  • Sheppard threw himself into a hedonistic whirl of drinking and whoring.
  • Spills and chills as skaters whirl in the New Year at the skating center.
  • But it also takes a couple of seconds for the relay man to whirl and throw.
  • A great whirl was caused at the north pole by the rotation of column of sky.

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