Sekirov Dictionary

whirl

UK /wɜːl/US /(h)wɝl/

noun 6
verb 4
forms 4
phrases 1

noun6

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An act of whirling.
- She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.
•
(informal) A brief experiment or trial.
- OK, let's give it a whirl.
A confused tumult.
•
A rapid series of events.
- My life is one social whirl.
•
Dizziness or giddiness.
- My mind was in a whirl.
Something that whirls, such as a whirlwind.

verb4

•
To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
- The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.
•
To make something or someone whirl.
- The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes.
•
To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
- My head is whirling after all that drink.
•
To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
- See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, / That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood. — 1630

forms

whirled · whirling · whirleth · whirls

Phrases with whirl

give something a whirl
To try, test or attempt.

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