Whirl

Noun Whirl has 4 senses

• whirl(n = noun.event) commotion - confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"
is a kind of motion, movement
Derived forms verb whirl₃, verb whirl₅, verb whirl₁

• whirl(n = noun.shape) convolution, swirl, vortex - the shape of something rotating rapidly;
is a kind of round shape
Derived forms verb whirl₄, verb whirl₂

• whirl(n = noun.act) crack, fling, go, offer, pass - a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try

• whirl(n = noun.act) spin, twirl, twist, twisting - the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
is a kind of rotary motion, rotation
has particulars: pirouette, birling, logrolling
Derived forms verb whirl₄, verb whirl₂

Verb Whirl has 5 senses

• whirl(v = verb.motion) swirl, twiddle, twirl - turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"
is one way to go around, revolve, rotate
Derived forms noun whirl₁, noun whirling₁
Sample sentence:
The wooden sticks Whirl

• whirl(v = verb.motion) birl, spin, twirl - cause to spin; "spin a coin"
is one way to circumvolve, rotate
Derived forms noun whirl₄, noun whirl₂
Sample sentence:
The girls Whirl the wooden sticks

• whirl(v = verb.motion) eddy, purl, swirl, whirlpool - flow in a circular current, of liquids;
is one way to course,