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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Willywaw :: Willywaw (n.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan..
Waltz :: Waltz (n.) A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a piece of music composed in triple measure for this kind of dance..
Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top..
Vertiginous :: Vertiginous (a.) Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, vertiginous motion..
Whirl :: Whirl (v. i.) To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.
Hurtle :: Hurtle (v. t.) To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish.
Hurtle :: Hurtle (v. t.) To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.
Charybdis :: Charybdis (n.) A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.
Twirl :: Twirl (v. i.) To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
Maelstrom :: Maelstrom (n.) A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.
Whirling :: Whirling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whir.
Turbinate :: Turbinate (v. i.) To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.
Pirouette :: Pirouette (n.) The whirling about of a horse.
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
Whirlbone :: Whirlbone (n.) The patella, or kneepan..
Whirlpool :: Whirlpool (n.) A sea monster of the whale kind.
Whirlicote :: Whirlicote (n.) An open car or chariot.
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..
Wabble :: Wabble (v. i.) To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles..
Whirlbat :: Whirlbat (n.) Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of ancient boxers..
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