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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun twirl has 2 senses
- twirl(n = noun.shape) kink, twist - a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight; is a kind of bend, crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication
- twirl(n = noun.act) spin, twist, twisting, whirl - 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 twirl2, verb twirl1
Verb twirl has 2 senses
- twirl(v = verb.motion) swirl, twiddle, whirl - turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" is one way to go around, revolve, rotate
- twirl(v = verb.motion) birl, spin, whirl - cause to spin; "spin a coin" is one way to circumvolve, rotate
Derived forms noun twirl2, noun twirler2
Sample sentence:
The wooden sticks twirl
Derived forms noun twirl2, noun twirler1
Sample sentence:
The girls twirl the wooden sticks
CIDE DICTIONARY
twirl, v. t. [Cf. AS. a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, , ā, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen, quirlen, querlen to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a twirling stick, OHG. dweran to twirl, stir. Cf. Trowel.].
To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers. [1913 Webster]
"See ruddy maids,
Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel." [1913 Webster]
Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel." [1913 Webster]
"No more beneath soft eve's consenting star
Fandango twirls his jocund castanet." [1913 Webster]
Fandango twirls his jocund castanet." [1913 Webster]
twirl, v. i.
To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly. [1913 Webster]
twirl, n.
- The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation. [1913 Webster]
- A twist; a convolution. Woodward. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
twirl, v. & n.
--v.tr. & intr. spin or swing or twist quickly and lightly round.
--n.
1 a twirling motion.
2 a form made by twirling, esp. a flourish made with a pen.
--v.tr. & intr. spin or swing or twist quickly and lightly round.
--n.
1 a twirling motion.
2 a form made by twirling, esp. a flourish made with a pen.
Derivative
twirler n. twirly adj.
Etymology
16th c.: prob. alt. (after whirl) of obs. tirl TRILL
THESAURUS
twirl
Charybdis, Maelstrom, back stream, backflow, backwash, backwater, centrifugate, centrifuge, cirrus, coil, contort, convolution, corkscrew, countercurrent, counterflow, counterflux, crinkle, curl, curlicue, dizzy round, eddy, evolute, gulf, gurge, gyrate, gyre, helix, intort, involute, kink, maelstrom, meander, pirouette, purl, rat race, reel, refluence, reflux, regurgitation, revolution, revolve, ringlet, roll, rotate, round, scallop, screw, scroll, serpentine, slink, snake, spin, spinning, spiral, surge, swirl, tendril, turn, turning, twine, twirling, twist, twist and turn, volute, volution, vortex, wheel, whirl, whirligig, whirling, whirlpool, whirlwind, whorl, wind, winding, worm, wringROGET THESAURUS
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Convolution
N convolution, winding, convolution, involution, circumvolution, wave, undulation, tortuosity, anfractuosity, sinuosity, sinuation, meandering, circuit, circumbendibus, twist, twirl, windings and turnings, ambages, torsion, inosculation, reticulation, rivulation, roughness, coil, roll, curl, buckle, spiral, helix, corkscrew, worm, volute, rundle, tendril, scollop, scallop, escalop, kink, ammonite, snakestone, serpent, eel, maze, labyrinth, knot, convoluted, winding, twisted, tortile, tortive, wavy, undated, undulatory, circling, snaky, snake-like, serpentine, serpent, anguill, vermiform, vermicular, mazy, tortuous, sinuous, flexuous, anfractuous, reclivate, rivulose, scolecoid, sigmoid, sigmoidal, spiriferous, spiroid, involved, intricate, complicated, perplexed, labyrinth, labyrinthic, labyrinthian, labyrinthine, peristaltic, daedalian, kinky, knotted, wreathy, frizzly, crepe, buckled, raveled, spiral, coiled, helical, cochleate, cochleous, screw-shaped, turbinated, turbiniform, in and out, round and round, a can of worms, Gordian knot.VB be convoluted, wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl, wave, undulate, meander, inosculate, entwine, intwine, twist, coil, roll, wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill, frizzle, crimp, crape, indent, scollop, scallop, wring, intort, contort, wreathe.