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English

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. a whirling eddy
  2. a twist or coil of something


Derived terms


Translations

Verb

  1. To twist or whirl, as an eddy
  2. To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl


Translations

fr:swirl io:swirl ja:swirl ru:swirl ta:swirl te:swirl vi:swirl tr:swirl

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Swirl \Swirl\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swirled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Swirling.] [Akin to Norw. svirla to whirl, freq. of
sverra to whirl, Dan. svirre, G. schwirren to whiz, to buzz.
[root]177. See Swarm, n.]
To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy. "The river
swirled along." --C. Kingsley.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Swirl \Swirl\, n.
A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl. "The silent
swirl of bats." --Mrs. Browning.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet swirl
n : the shape of something rotating rapidly [syn: whirl, vortex,
convolution]
v 1: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled
in the autumn wind" [syn: twirl, twiddle, whirl]
2: flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: eddy, purl,
whirlpool, whirl]
Moby Dictionary
Charybdis , Maelstrom , ado , agitate , agitation , back stream ,
backflow , backwash , backwater , beat , beat up , bluster , bobbery ,
boil , boiling , bother , botheration , brouhaha , burst , bustle ,
centrifugate , centrifuge , churn , churn up , circulate , cirrus , coil ,
commotion , contort , conturbation , convulse , corkscrew ,
countercurrent , counterflow , counterflux , crinkle , curl , curlicue ,
curve , disarrange , discompose , discomposure , disorder , disquiet ,
disquietude , disturb , disturbance , dizzy round , ebullience ,
ebullition , eddy , effervescence , embroilment , evolute , excite ,
excitement , feery-fary , ferment , fermentation , fever , feverishness ,
fidgetiness , fidgets , fit , flap , flurry , fluster , flutter ,
flutteration , flutteriness , foment , fret , fume , furl , fuss ,
fussiness , gulf , gurge , gush , gyrate , gyre , helix , hubbub ,
hullabaloo , hurly-burly , hurry , hurry-scurry , inquietude , intort ,
involute , jitters , jumpiness , kink , maelstrom , malaise , meander ,
moil , nerviness , nervosity , nervousness , paddle , pell-mell ,
perturb , perturbate , perturbation , pirouette , pother , purl ,
rat race , reel , refluence , reflux , regurgitation , restlessness ,
rile , ringlet , ripple , roil , roll , roughen , round , rout , row ,
ruffle , rumple , scallop , scramble , screw , scroll , seethe , seething ,
serpentine , shake , shake up , slink , snake , spasm , spin , spiral ,
spurt , stew , stir , stir up , surge , sweat , swirling , tendril , to-do ,
trepidation , trepidity , trouble , tumult , tumultuation , turbidity ,
turbulence , turmoil , turn , twine , twirl , twist , twist and turn ,
twitter , unease , unquiet , unrest , uproar , upset , volute , volution ,
vortex , wheel , whip , whip up , whirl , whirligig , whirlpool ,
whirlwind , whisk , whorl , wind , work up , worm , wring , yeastiness


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