Definition of whirl

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Whirl (v. t.) A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached..

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Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top..
Whirl :: Whirl (v. i.) To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.
Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl..
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.
Whirl-blast :: Whirl-blast (n.) A whirling blast or wind.
Twirl :: Twirl (n.) The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.
Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
Swish :: Swish (n.) A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air..
Hurtle :: Hurtle (v. t.) To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish.
Vorticose :: Vorticose (a.) Vortical; whirling; as, a vorticose motion..
Volubile :: Volubile (a.) Turning, or whirling; winding; twining; voluble..
Pothole :: Pothole (n.) A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.
Whirlicote :: Whirlicote (n.) An open car or chariot.
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..
Giddy :: Giddy (superl.) Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy..
Gyral :: Gyral (a.) Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.
Whirl :: Whirl (v. i.) To move hastily or swiftly.
Turbinated :: Turbinated (a.) Whirling in the manner of a top.
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