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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