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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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.
Vorticose :: Vorticose (a.) Vortical; whirling; as, a vorticose motion..
Whirlwig :: Whirlwig (n.) A whirligig.
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..
Whirled :: Whirled (imp. & p. p.) of Whir.
Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis..
Reel :: Reel (v. i.) To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
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..
Wirble :: Wirble (v. i.) To whirl; to eddy.
Circumrotation :: Circumrotation (n.) The act of rolling or revolving round, as a wheel; circumvolution; the state of being whirled round..
Dizzy :: Dizzy (superl.) Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct..
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.
Weaver :: Weaver (n.) An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See Whirling.
Upwhirl :: Upwhirl (v. t. & i.) To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling motion.
Vertiginous :: Vertiginous (a.) Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, vertiginous motion..
Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) A whorl. See Whorl.
Pirouette :: Pirouette (v. i.) To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer..
Suck :: Suck (v. t.) To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up..
Swirl :: Swirl (n.) To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy..
Pirouette :: Pirouette (n.) The whirling about of a horse.
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