'Twirl' definitions:
Definition of 'twirl'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Twirl'
From: GCIDE
- Twirl \Twirl\, v. i. To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Twirl'
From: GCIDE
- Twirl \Twirl\, n.
- 1. The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A twist; a convolution. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Twirl'
From: GCIDE
- Twirl \Twirl\ (tw[~e]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twirled (tw[~e]rld); p. pr. & vb. n. Twirling.] [Cf. AS. [thorn]wiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, [thorn]weran, [=a][thorn]weran, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen, quirlen, querlen to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a twirling stick, OHG. dweran to twirl, stir. Cf. Trowel.] To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers. [1913 Webster]
- See ruddy maids, Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel. --Dodsley. [1913 Webster]
- No more beneath soft eve's consenting star Fandango twirls his jocund castanet. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'twirl'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- back stream,
- backflow,
- backwash,
- backwater,
- centrifugate,
- centrifuge,
- Charybdis,
- cirrus,
- coil,
- contort,
- convolution,
- corkscrew,
- countercurrent,
- counterflow,
- counterflux,
- crinkle,
- curl,
- curlicue,
- dizzy round,
- eddy,
- evolute,
- gulf,
- gurge,
- gyrate,
- gyre,
- helix,
- intort,
- involute,
- kink,
- Maelstrom,
- maelstrom,
- meander,
- pirouette,
- purl,
- rat race,
- reel,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- regurgitation,
- revolution,
- revolve,
- ringlet,
- roll,
- rotate,
- round,
- scallop,
- screw,
- scroll,
- serpentine,
- slink,
- snake,
- spin,
- spinning,
- spiral,
- surge,
- swirl,
- tendril,
- turn,
- turning,
- twine,
- twirling,
- twist,
- twist and turn,
- volute,
- volution,
- vortex,
- wheel,
- whirl,
- whirligig,
- whirling,
- whirlpool,
- whirlwind,
- whorl,
- wind,
- winding,
- worm,
- wring