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twirl

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Twirl  \Twirl\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Twirled};  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  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. 
 
  See  ruddy  maids,  Some  taught  with  dexterous  hand  to 
  twirl  the  wheel.  --Dodsley. 
 
  No  more  beneath  soft  eve's  consenting  star  Fandango 
  twirls  his  jocund  castanet.  --Byron. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Twirl  \Twirl\,  v.  i. 
  To  revolve  with  velocity;  to  be  whirled  round  rapidly. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Twirl  \Twirl\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  of  twirling;  a  rapid  circular  motion;  a  whirl  or 
  whirling;  quick  rotation. 
 
  2.  A  twist;  a  convolution.  --Woodward. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  twirl 
  n  1:  a  sharp  bend  in  a  line  produced  when  a  line  having  a  loop  is 
  pulled  tight  [syn:  {kink},  {twist}] 
  2:  the  act  of  rotating  rapidly;  "he  gave  the  crank  a  spin";  "it 
  broke  off  after  much  twisting"  [syn:  {spin},  {twist},  {twisting}, 
  {whirl}] 
  v  1:  turn  in  a  twisting  or  spinning  motion;  "The  leaves  swirled 
  in  the  autumn  wind"  [syn:  {swirl},  {twiddle},  {whirl}] 
  2:  cause  to  spin;  "spin  a  coin"  [syn:  {whirl},  {birl},  {spin}]




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