whirl

1. v. t. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve. Source: opted

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

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

4. v. i. To move hastily or swiftly. Source: opted

5. 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. Source: opted

6. v. t. Anything that moves with a whirling motion. Source: opted

7. 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. Source: opted

8. v. t. A whorl. See Whorl. Source: opted

9. n. confused movement Source: wordnet

10. n. the shape of something rotating rapidly Source: wordnet

11. n. a usually brief attempt Source: wordnet

12. n. the act of rotating rapidly Source: wordnet

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