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swirl (swûrl)

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.
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.]
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. 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
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperC­ollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

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