1. To move with a twisting or whirling motion; eddy.
2. To be dizzy or disoriented.
3. To be arranged in a spiral, whorl, or twist.
4 To cause to move with a twisting or whirling motion.
5. To form into or arrange in a spiral, whorl, or twist.
2. To be dizzy or disoriented.
3. To be arranged in a spiral, whorl, or twist.
4 To cause to move with a twisting or whirling motion.
5. To form into or arrange in a spiral, whorl, or twist.
1. A whirling or eddying motion or mass: a swirl of white water.
2. Something, such as a curl of hair, that coils, twists, or whirls.
3. Whirling confusion or disorder: "high-pressure farce built around the swirl of mistaken identities" (Jay Carr).
[Middle English swyrl, eddy, probably of Low German or Scandinavian origin.]
2. Something, such as a curl of hair, that coils, twists, or whirls.
3. Whirling confusion or disorder: "high-pressure farce built around the swirl of mistaken identities" (Jay Carr).
[Middle English swyrl, eddy, probably of Low German or Scandinavian origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009.
swirl
1. to turn or cause to turn in a twisting spinning fashion
2. to be dizzy; my head was swirling
1. to turn or cause to turn in a twisting spinning fashion
2. to be dizzy; my head was swirling
1. a whirling or spinning motion, esp in water
2. a whorl; curl
3. the act of swirling or stirring
4. dizzy confusion
[probably from Dutch zwirrelen; related to Norwegian svirla, German schwirren]
swirling adj
swirlingly adv
swirly adj
2. a whorl; curl
3. the act of swirling or stirring
4. dizzy confusion
[probably from Dutch zwirrelen; related to Norwegian svirla, German schwirren]
swirling adj
swirlingly adv
swirly adj
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