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twirl
 
Noun twirl has 2 senses
  1. kink, twist, twirl - a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
    --1 is a kind of fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
  2. spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl - the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
    --2 is a kind of rotation, rotary motion
    --2 has particulars: pirouette; birling, logrolling
    Derived forms: verb twirl2, verb twirl1
Verb twirl has 2 senses
  1. twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl - turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"
    --1 is one way to revolve, go around, rotate
    Derived forms: noun twirl2, noun twirler2
    Sample sentence:
    The wooden sticks twirl
  2. whirl, birl, spin, twirl - cause to spin; "spin a coin"
    --2 is one way to rotate, circumvolve
    Derived forms: noun twirl2, noun twirler1
    Sample sentence:
    The girls twirl the wooden sticks
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