whirl
1. confused movement (Freq. 1)
- he was caught up in a whirl of work
- a commotion of people fought for the exits
• Syn:
commotion
• Hypernyms:
movement, motion
2. a usually brief attempt
- he took a crack at it
- I gave it a whirl
• Syn:
crack, fling, go, pass, offer
• Hypernyms:
attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
3. the shape of something rotating rapidly
• Syn:
swirl, vortex, convolution
• Derivationally related forms:
swirl (for: swirl)
• Hypernyms:
round shape
4. the act of rotating rapidly
- he gave the crank a spin
- it broke off after much twisting
• Syn:
spin, twirl, twist, twisting
• Derivationally related forms:
twist (for: twist), twirl (for: twirl), spin (for: spin)
• Hypernyms:
rotation, rotary motion
• Hyponyms:
pirouette, birling, logrolling
1. turn in a twisting or spinning motion (Freq. 6)
- The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
• Syn:
twirl, swirl, twiddle
• Derivationally related forms:
whirling, twiddle (for: twiddle), swirl (for: swirl), twirl (for: twirl), twirler (for: twirl)
• Hypernyms:
revolve, go around, rotate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
- The wooden sticks whirl
2. cause to spin (Freq. 2)
- spin a coin
• Syn:
birl, spin, twirl
• Derivationally related forms:
twirl (for: twirl), twirler (for: twirl), spin (for: spin), spinner (for: spin)
• Hypernyms:
rotate, circumvolve
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The girls whirl the wooden sticks
3. flow in a circular current, of liquids (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl
• Derivationally related forms:
swirl (for: swirl), whirlpool (for: whirlpool), eddy (for: eddy)
• Hypernyms:
run, flow, feed, course
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis (Freq. 1)
- The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
• Syn:
spin, spin around, reel, gyrate
• Derivationally related forms:
gyration (for: gyrate), whirler, spin (for: spin), spinner (for: spin)
• Hypernyms:
revolve, go around, rotate
• Hyponyms:
whirligig
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
5. fly around
- The clothes tumbled in the dryer
- rising smoke whirled in the air
• Syn:
tumble, whirl around
• Hypernyms:
move
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
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