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Noun whirl has 4 senses
- whirl, commotion - confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"
--1 is a kind of movement, motion
- whirl, swirl, vortex, convolution - the shape of something rotating rapidly
--2 is a kind of round shape
- crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer - a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
--3 is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
- spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl - the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
--4 is a kind of rotation, rotary motion
--4 has particulars: pirouette; birling, logrolling
Verb whirl has 5 senses
- 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
Sample sentence:
The wooden sticks whirl
- whirl, birl, spin, twirl - cause to spin; "spin a coin"
--2 is one way to rotate, circumvolve
Sample sentence:
The girls whirl the wooden sticks
- eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl - flow in a circular current, of liquids
--3 is one way to run, flow, feed, course
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate - revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
--4 is one way to revolve, go around, rotate
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
- whirl, tumble, whirl around - fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"
--5 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
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