twirl

twirl
    n 1: a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop
         is pulled tight [syn: {kink}, {twist}, {twirl}]
    2: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it
       broke off after much twisting" [syn: {spin}, {twirl},
       {twist}, {twisting}, {whirl}]
    v 1: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled
         in the autumn wind" [syn: {twirl}, {swirl}, {twiddle},
         {whirl}]
    2: cause to spin; "spin a coin" [syn: {whirl}, {birl}, {spin},
       {twirl}]
    

Twirl \Twirl\ (tw[~e]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twirled}
   (tw[~e]rld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Twirling}.] [Cf. AS.
   [thorn]wiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, [thorn]weran,
   [=a][thorn]weran, 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.
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         See ruddy maids,
         Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
                                                  --Dodsley.
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         No more beneath soft eve's consenting star
         Fandango twirls his jocund castanet.     --Byron.
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Twirl \Twirl\, v. i.
   To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
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Twirl \Twirl\, n.
   1. The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or
      whirling; quick rotation.
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   2. A twist; a convolution. --Woodward.
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77 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, wring