whirl
A whirl is a quick spin, and when something whirls, it rotates fast. You can also use it to mean “a try.” Hang-gliding? Snake-charming? “Sure,” you say. “I’ll give it a whirl.”
Both whirl and spin are words that mean “turn in circles” but that have also come to mean trying something briefly––you might take a car for a spin or take a turn hiking in the Himalayas. All imply an attitude so free-wheeling, so easy, so devil-may-care that it might make your head spin. Or whirl.
Definitions of whirl
the shape of something rotating rapidly
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synonyms:
convolution, swirl, vortex-
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round shapea shape that is curved and without sharp angles
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round shape
the act of rotating rapidly
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pirouette(ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet)
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birling, logrollingrotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)
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rotary motion, rotationthe act of rotating as if on an axis
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pirouette
confused movement
a usually brief attempt
turn in a twisting or spinning motion
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one’s own axis
flow in a circular current, of liquids
fly around
“rising smoke
whirled in the air”-
synonyms:
tumble, whirl around-
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movemove so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
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move
cause to spin
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circumvolve, rotatecause to turn on an axis or center
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circumvolve, rotate
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