whirl
Meaning of whirl
noun
- An act of whirling.
She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.
- Something that whirls.
- A confused tumult.
- A rapid series of events.
My life is one social whirl.
- Dizziness or giddiness.
My mind was in a whirl.
- (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.
OK, let's give it a whirl.
- To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.
- To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
My head is whirling after all that drink.
- To make something or someone whirl.
The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes.
- To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
Information about whirl
- The plural form of whirl is: whirls.
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Hyphenation of whirl
whirl
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- whirl is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
whirl synonyms
Meaning commotion:
Meaning swirl:
Meaning crack:
Meaning spin:
spin, twirl, twist, twisting, reel, gyrate
Meaning twirl:
Meaning birl:
Meaning eddy:
Meaning tumble:
Words that rhyme with whirl
chirl, Shirl, shirl, nosethirl, thirl, awhirl, outwhirl, overwhirl, rewhirl, upwhirl
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