whirl

Meanings

• confused movement
  • "he was caught up in a whirl of work"
• the shape of something rotating rapidly
• a usually brief attempt
  • "I gave it a whirl"
• the act of rotating rapidly
• turn in a twisting or spinning motion
• cause to spin
• flow in a circular current, of liquids
• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
  • "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
• fly around
  • "rising smoke whirled in the air"

Synonyms

birl, commotion, convolution, crack, eddy, fling, go, gyrate, offer, pass, purl, reel, spin, spin around, swirl, tumble, twiddle, twirl, twist, twisting, vortex, whirl around, whirlpool