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to move or make something move quickly round and round. whirl. noun [ no plural ] uk / wɜːl / us. whirl noun [no plural] (ACTIVITY) a situation in which a lot of exciting or confusing things happen at the same time: a whirl of activity. whirl noun [no plural] (TURN) a sudden turning movement. give sth a whirl informal.
whirl. noun. /wɜːl/. /wɜːrl/. [singular] Idioms. a movement of something turning round and round. a whirl of dust. (figurative) Her mind was in a whirl (= in a state of confusion or excitement). Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
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(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɜːl/(without the wine–whine merger, non-rhotic) IPA(key): /ʍɜːl/(General American) enPR: (h)wûrl, IPA(key): /(h)wɝl/(Scotland, Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈʍɪɾ(ə̯)l/From Middle English whirlen, contracted from earlier *whirvelen, *whervelen, possibly from Old English *hwyrflian, *hweorflian (attested in hwirflung, hwerflung (“change, vicissitude”)), frequentative form of Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), itself from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”); or perhaps from Old No...
From Middle English whirl, wherwille, whorwhil, wervel, from Old English hwirfel, hwyrfel (“whirlpool”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwirbil, from Proto-Germanic *hwirbilaz, *hwarbilaz (“swirl, whirl, whirlpool”), equivalent to wharve + -el; and also Old Norse hvirfill (“ring, circle, crown”), whence Danish hvirvel (“cowlick”), Dutch werveling (“whi...
1. If something or someone whirls around or if you whirl them around, they move around or turn around very quickly. [...] 2. You can refer to a lot of intense activity as a whirl of activity. [...] 3. See in a whirl [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'whirl' British English: hwɜːʳl American English: wɜrl. More. Conjugations of 'whirl'
Britannica Dictionary definition of WHIRL. 1. [no object] : to move or go in a circle or curve especially with force or speed. The cars were whirling around the track. 2. a : to turn rapidly in circles : spin. [no object] Clothes were whirling in the washing machine. whirling [= swirling] winds.
whirl. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English whirl1 /wɜːl $ wɜːrl/ verb 1 [ intransitive, transitive] to turn or spin around very quickly, or to make someone or something do this We watched the seagulls whirling and shrieking over the harbour. whirl about/around/towards etc She whirled around and her look shook him. whirl somebody ...
Check pronunciation: whirl. Definition of whirl verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
