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   Whirl

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   verb

   • 1. move or cause to move rapidly around and around: "leaves whirled in eddies of wind" Similar rotateturnturn aroundgo aroundrevolvecirclewheelorbitpivotswivelgyratespinrolltwirlpirouettebirl
   • ▪ move or cause to move rapidly: "Sybil stood waving as they whirled past" Similar hurryspeedracerunsprintdashboltdartrushhastenhurtlecareerstreakshootwhizzoomgo like lightninggo hell for leatherspank alongbowl alongrattle alongwhooshbuzzswoopflashblastchargestampedegallopsweephareflywingscurryscudscutterscrambleinformal:beltpelttearhotfoot itzapzipwhipscootgo like a bat out of hellbombbucketshiftgo like the clappersleg itwheechclipboogiehightailbarrelvulgar slang:drag/tear/haul assliterary:fleetarchaic:posthie
   • ▪ (of the head, mind, or senses) seem to spin around: "Kate made her way back to the office, her mind whirling" Similar spinreelgo aroundbe in a whirlswimbe/feel giddybe/feel dizzy

   noun

   • 1. a rapid movement around and around. Similar swirlflurryeddy
   • ▪ frantic activity of a specified kind: "the event was all part of the mad social whirl" Similar hurly-burlyhectic activitybustlerushflurryto-dofusspanicturmoilarchaic:hurry-scurrysuccessionseriessequenceprogressionstringchaincycleroundmerry-go-round
   • ▪ a specified kind of candy or cookie with a spiral shape: "a hazelnut whirl"

   Word Origin Middle English: the verb probably from Old Norse hvirfla ‘turn about’; the noun partly from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wervel ‘spindle’, or from Old Norse hvirfill ‘circle’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘rotate’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. whirler noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   What does give (something) a whirl mean?

   • Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! The meaning of GIVE (SOMETHING) A WHIRL is to attempt or try (something). How to use give (something) a whirl in a sentence.

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   Why do whirls have a little whirl?

   • It goes like this: “Big whirls have little whirls, That feed on their velocity; And little whirls have lesser whirls, And so on to viscosity.” What does this have to do with Von Karman vortices?

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   Does a whirlpool have a little whirl?

   • “Big whirls have little whirls, That feed on their velocity; And little whirls have lesser whirls, And so on to viscosity.” What does this have to do with Von Karman vortices? Read on and it will be revealed. The term “vortex” is simply defined as a mass of whirling fluid or air, especially a whirlpool or whirlwind.

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   5 days ago · The meaning of GIVE (SOMETHING) A WHIRL is to attempt or try (something). How to use give (something) a whirl in a sentence.

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   4 days ago · Definitions of whirler. noun. a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling. synonyms: whirling dervish. see more. noun. a revolving mechanism. see more.

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   3 days ago · A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud.

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   5 days ago · whirl hvirfla (="to go around") whisk viska (="to plait") wicker From a Scandinavian source, related to Danish viger and Middle Swedish viker wicket vík (="bay") + French suffix -et through Anglo-Norman wicket, itself from Old Norman-French wiket, Norman-French viquet > French guichet wight

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