twirl round

  • 1Twirl — Twirl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twirled}; 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, to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a twirling… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2twirl — [twə:l US twə:rl] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from a Scandinavian language] to turn around and around or make something do this twirl around/round ▪ Couples were twirling around the dance floor. twirl sth around/round ▪ She… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 3Twirl — Twirl, v. i. To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4twirl — ► VERB ▪ spin quickly and lightly round. ► NOUN 1) an act of twirling. 2) a spiralling or swirling shape, especially a flourish made with a pen. DERIVATIVES twirler noun twirly adjective. ORIGIN probab …

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  • 5twirl — 1 verb (I, T) to turn around and around or make something do this (+ around/round): twirling around the dance floor | twirl sth around/round: He twirled the gun round in his hand. 2 noun (C) a sudden quick spinning movement twirly adjective …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6round — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Charybdis, Chateaubriand, Ciceronian, Indian file, O, O shaped, SRO, about, absolute, ace, admitting no exception, again, air lane, all but, all over, all out, almost, ambagious, ambit, amount, annular, annular… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 7twirl — 1. noun /ˈtwɜː(ɹ)l/ A movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette. 2. verb /ˈtwɜː(ɹ)l/ a) To perform a twirl. b) To rotate …

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  • 8twirl — Synonyms and related words: Charybdis, Maelstrom, back stream, backflow, backwash, backwater, centrifugate, centrifuge, cirrus, coil, contort, convolution, corkscrew, countercurrent, counterflow, counterflux, crinkle, curl, curlicue, dizzy round …

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  • 9round — adj 1. circular, cycloid, disklike, discoid; ring shaped, ringlike, ringed, hoop, hooplike, hooped, rotiform, annular; cylindrical, tubular; spherical, spheroidal, spheroid, spheric, spheral, spheroidic, ball shaped, globelike, globe shaped,… …

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  • 10twirl — verb spin quickly and lightly round. noun an act of twirling. ↘a spiralling or swirling shape, especially a flourish made with a pen. Derivatives twirler noun twirly adjective Origin C16: prob. an alt. (by assoc. with whirl) of tirl, a var. of… …

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