whirlverb [ I or T ]
uk/wɜːl/us/wɝːl/to (cause something to) turn around in circles:
She saw a mass of bodies whirling around on the dance floor.
He stepped out into the night and the whirling snow.
He whirled her around until she felt quite sick.
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Revolving, rotating and spinning
- centrifugal
- Foucault pendulum
- go round
- gyrate
- in rotation idiom
- rev
- rotate
- rotation
- round and round idiom
- rpm
- sidespin
- span
- spin
- spin (sb) around
- swing
- tailspin
- twiddle
- twirly
- wheel
- wheel round
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Idiom(s)
head/mind is whirling
whirlnoun
uk/wɜːl/us/wɝːl/whirl noun (ACTIVITY)
[ S ] a continuous and exciting period of activity:
The next two days passed in a whirl of activity.
I found myself swept up in the social whirl of college life and hardly had time to study.
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Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm
- a new lease of life idiom
- alacrity
- animation
- ardour
- avid
- flap
- frisky
- frisson
- get-up-and-go
- glamour
- gusto
- shiver (up and) down your spine idiom
- sparkle
- spice
- spirit
- sprightly
- stimulation
- stir
- zap
- zest
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whirl noun (TURN)
[ C usually singular ] the action of turning around in circles or something that turns around in circles:
a whirl of snow
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Geometry: bends, loops & curves
- anfractuous
- arc
- bend
- coil
- curve
- dogleg
- helix
- hyperbola
- kink
- loop
- meander
- parabola
- peaked
- spiral
- swoosh
- trajectory
- turn
- twist
- whorl
- wraparound
Idiom(s)
be in a whirl
give sth a whirl