Definition of whirl

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Whirl (v. t.) 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..

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Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel..
Twirl :: Twirl (v. i.) To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis..
Absorption :: Absorption (n.) The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger..
Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
Gyral :: Gyral (a.) Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.
Gurge :: Gurge (n.) A whirlpool.
Volubile :: Volubile (a.) Turning, or whirling; winding; twining; voluble..
Whirl :: Whirl (v. i.) To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.
Hurlwind :: Hurlwind (n.) A whirlwind.
Whirlicote :: Whirlicote (n.) An open car or chariot.
Typhoon :: Typhoon (n.) A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind occurring in the Chinese seas..
Swirl :: Swirl (n.) To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy..
Gyration :: Gyration (n.) The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution..
Twirl :: Twirl (v. t.) To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
Whirligig :: Whirligig (n.) A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders, being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender was whirled round with great velocity..
Turbinated :: Turbinated (a.) Whirling in the manner of a top.
Whirling :: Whirling () a. & n. from Whirl, v. t..
Dizziness :: Dizziness (n.) Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.
Typhon :: Typhon (n.) A violent whirlwind; a typhoon.
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