whirl

Definition of whirl in English English dictionary: An act of whirling
She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.; To have a sensation of spinning or reeling
My head is whirling after all that drink.; (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial
OK, let's give it a whirl.; To make something or someone whirl
The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes.; To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly
The house whirled around two or three times and rose slowly through the air. Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon.; Dizziness or giddiness; A confused tumult; A rapid series of events
My life is one social whirl.; Something that whirls; {n} a rapid turning or circumvolution, a wood, hook for twisting, form of a flower; {v} to turn or run round rapidly; You can refer to a lot of intense activity as a whirl of activity. In half an hour's whirl of activity she does it all Your life is such a social whirl; A whorl; cause to spin; "spin a coin"; flow in a circular current, of liquids; {i} spin, twirl, rotation; short walk or drive, spin; turmoil; bustle, confusion; try, attempt (Informal); A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached; confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"; the shape of something rotating rapidly; fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"; confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits" the shape of something rotating rapidly fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air" cause to spin; "spin a coin; If you decide to give an activity a whirl, you do it even though it is something that you have never tried before. Why not give acupuncture a whirl? We decided to give it a whirl; To move hastily or swiftly; A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel; the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"; cause to spin; "spin a coin; the shape of something rotating rapidly fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"; a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"; turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"; revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"; {f} spin; rotate, turn; make dizzy; become dizzy; move or travel rapidly; Anything that moves with a whirling motion; To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry; A brief experiment or trial; To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate; To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve; If something or someone whirls around or if you whirl them around, they move around or turn around very quickly. Not receiving an answer, she whirled round He was whirling Anne around the floor The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column. Whirl is also a noun. the barely audible whirl of wheels
whirl-bone: The patella, rotula, or kneecap
whirl-bone: The head of the femur
whirl momentum: tendency to move in a circular direction
whirl velocity: speed of spinning
give it a whirl: To try, test or attempt
I don't know how to begin, but I'll give it a whirl, anyway.
whirled: Simple past tense and past participle of whirl
whirling: Present participle of whirl
whirling: The action of the verb to whirl
whirled: {a} having leaves or flowers around a stalk like a whirl, verticillate
dust whirl: dust devil, small whirlwind of dust
give it a whirl: try; "let's give it a whirl!
to whirl: gyre
whirled: past of whirl
whirler: a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling
whirler: One who, or that which, whirls
whirler: {i} person or thing that whirls around, spinner
whirler: a revolving mechanism
whirling: That whirls or whirl
whirling: moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents"
whirling: rotating rapidly about an axis; "a spinning top"; "the whirling dance of the Dervish"
whirling: from Whirl, v
whirling: the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
whirling: moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents
whirls: third-person singular of whirl