Whirl vs. Twirl
Whirlverb
(intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
Whirlverb
(intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
Whirlverb
(transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
Whirlverb
(transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
Whirlnoun
An act of whirling.
Whirlnoun
Something that whirls.
Whirlnoun
A confused tumult.
Whirlnoun
A rapid series of events.
Whirlnoun
Dizziness or giddiness.
Whirlnoun
(informal) usually following “give” A brief experiment or trial.
Whirlverb
To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
Whirlverb
To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.
Whirlverb
To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.
Whirlverb
To move hastily or swiftly.
Whirlnoun
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.
Whirlnoun
Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
Whirlnoun
A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.
Whirlnoun
A whorl. See Whorl.
Whirlnoun
confused movement;
Whirlnoun
the shape of something rotating rapidly
Whirlnoun
a usually brief attempt;
Whirlnoun
the act of rotating rapidly;
Whirlverb
turn in a twisting or spinning motion;
Whirlverb
cause to spin;
Whirlverb
flow in a circular current, of liquids
Whirlverb
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis;
Whirlverb
fly around;
Whirlverb
move or cause to move rapidly round and round
Whirlverb
move or cause to move rapidly
Whirlverb
(of the head, mind, or senses) seem to spin round
Whirlnoun
a rapid movement round and round.
Whirlnoun
frantic activity of a specified kind
Whirlnoun
a specified kind of sweet or biscuit with a spiral shape
Twirlnoun
A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
Twirlnoun
Any rotating movement; a spin].
Twirlnoun
A little twist of some substance; a swirl.
Twirlnoun
(slang) A prison guard.
Twirlverb
(intransitive) To perform a twirl.
Twirlverb
(transitive) To rotate rapidly.
Twirlverb
(transitive) To twist round.
Twirlverb
To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
Twirlverb
To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
Twirlnoun
The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
Twirlnoun
A twist; a convolution.
Twirlnoun
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
Twirlnoun
the act of rotating rapidly;
Twirlverb
turn in a twisting or spinning motion;
Twirlverb
cause to spin;
