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whirl
An act of whirling.
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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.”
verb
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.
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She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor.
My life is one social whirl.
My mind was in a whirl.
OK, let's give it a whirl.
The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.
My head is whirling after all that drink.
The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes.