Defenition of the word whirl
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Defenition of the word whirl
- a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
- flow in a circular current, of liquids
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
- the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"
- cause to spin; "spin a coin"
- confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"
- fly around, as of paper on the sidewalk, or clothes in a dryer, or rising smoke in the wind
- the shape of something rotating rapidly
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one''s own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
- fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"
- the act of rotating rapidly
- a usually brief attempt
- confused movement
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- fly around
- cause to spin
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion
Synonyms for the word whirl
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- birl
- bustle
- commotion
- convolution
- crack
- eddy
- fling
- flurry
- go
- gurge
- gyrate
- offer
- pass
- purl
- reel
- rotate
- skirl
- spin
- spin around
- swirl
- swivel
- tumble
- tumult
- turn
- twiddle
- twirl
- twist
- twisting
- vortex
- whirl around
- whirlpool
Similar words in the whirl
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- whirl
- whirled
- whirligig
- whirligig's
- whirligigs
- whirling
- whirlpool
- whirlpool's
- whirlpools
- whirls
- whirlwind
- whirlwind's
- whirlwinds
Hyponyms for the word whirl
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- birling
- logrolling
- pirouette
- whirligig
Hypernyms for the word whirl
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- attempt
- circumvolve
- course
- effort
- endeavor
- endeavour
- feed
- flow
- go around
- motion
- move
- movement
- revolve
- rotary motion
- rotate
- rotation
- round shape
- run
- try
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