Word Meaning

whirl definition and meaning

v. t. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
v. t. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.
v. i. To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.
v. i. To move hastily or swiftly.
v. t. A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel.
v. t. Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
v. t. A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.
v. t. A whorl. See Whorl.

Crossword clues for whirl

- Dervish turn
- Flurry
- Pirouette
- Revolve rapidly
- Spin
- Spin around
- Twirl around