Twirl

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To rotate or revolve briskly; swing in a circle; spin: twirled a baton to lead the band.
  • v. To twist or wind around: twirl thread on a spindle.
  • verb-intransitive. To move or spin around rapidly, suddenly, or repeatedly: The pinwheel twirled in the breeze.
  • verb-intransitive. To whirl or turn suddenly; make an about-face: twirled in the direction of the noise.
  • verb-intransitive. Baseball To pitch.
  • n. The act of twirling or the condition of being twirled; a quick spinning or twisting.
  • n. Something twirled; a twist: a twirl of cotton candy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
  • v. To perform a twirl.
  • v. To rotate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
  • verb-intransitive. To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
  • n. The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
  • n. A twist; a convolution.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cause to revolve rapidly; spin; whirl; turn round and round, usually in an idle, purposeless way; twiddle.
  • To move round; especially, to revolve rapidly; be whirled about.
  • To twine; wind; coil; curl.
  • n. A rapid circular motion.
  • n. A twist; a convolution; a curl; a flourish.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
  • n. the act of rotating rapidly
  • v. turn in a twisting or spinning motion
  • v. cause to spin
  • Verb Form
    twirled    twirles    twirling    twirls   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    flexure    bend    crimp    fold    plication    crease    rotate    revolve    go-around    circumvolve   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    twirled    twirling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    twist    convolution    rotate    turn    twiddle    rotation   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Berle    Curl    Earl    Earle    Erl    Merle    Pearl    Perl    Perle    Shirl   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    unclasped    uncoiled    unclosed    unroll    clench