Noun
the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"

Noun
a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

Noun
confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"

Noun
the shape of something rotating rapidly

Verb
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one''s own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"

Verb
flow in a circular current, of liquids

Verb
fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"

Verb
cause to spin; "spin a coin"

Verb
turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

---

v. t.
To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

v. t.
To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.

v. i.
To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.

v. i.
To move hastily or swiftly.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
Anything that moves with a whirling motion.

v. t.
A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.

v. t.
A whorl. See Whorl.

---

Whirl

Whirl , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whirled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Whirling.] [OE. whirlen, probably from the Scand.; cf. Icel. & Sw. hvirfla, Dan. hvirvle; akin to D. wervelen, G. wirbeln, freq. of the verb seen in Icel. hverfa to turn. &root;16. See Wharf, and cf. Warble, Whorl.] 1. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

He whirls his sword around without delay.

2. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry. Chaucer.

See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood.

The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into folly.

Whirl

Whirl, v. i. 1. To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate. "The whirling year vainly my dizzy eyes pursue." J. H. Newman.

The wooden engine flies and whirls about.

2. To move hastily or swiftly.

But whirled away to shun his hateful sight.

Whirl

Whirl, n. [Cf. Dan. hvirvel, Sw. hvirfvel, Icel. hvirfill the crown of the head, G. wirbel whirl, crown of the head, D. wervel. See Whirl, v. t.] 1. 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. "In no breathless whirl." J. H. Newman.

The rapid . . . whirl of things here below interrupt not the inviolable rest and calmness of the noble beings above.

2. Anything that moves with a whirling motion.

He saw Falmouth under gray, iron skies, and whirls of March dust.

3. A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached. 4. (Bot. & Zo'94l.) A whorl. See Whorl.

To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.

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.