'Swirl' definitions:
Definition of 'swirl'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Swirl'
From: GCIDE
- Swirl \Swirl\, n. A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl. "The silent swirl of bats." --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Swirl'
From: GCIDE
- Swirl \Swirl\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swirled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swirling.] [Akin to Norw. svirla to whirl, freq. of sverra to whirl, Dan. svirre, G. schwirren to whiz, to buzz. [root]177. See Swarm, n.] To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy. "The river swirled along." --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'swirl'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ado,
- agitate,
- agitation,
- back stream,
- backflow,
- backwash,
- backwater,
- beat,
- beat up,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- boil,
- boiling,
- bother,
- botheration,
- brouhaha,
- burst,
- bustle,
- centrifugate,
- centrifuge,
- Charybdis,
- 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,
- 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