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SWIRLINGLY

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swirl

  [swurl] ,
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–verb (used without object)
1. to move around or along with a whirling motion; whirl; eddy.
2. to be dizzy or giddy, as the head.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cause to whirl; twist.
–noun
4. a swirling movement; whirl; eddy.
5. a twist, as of hair around the head or of trimming on a hat.
6. any curving, twisting line, shape, or form.
7. confusion; disorder.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (north) < Scand; cf. Norw svirla; c. D zwirrelen to whirl, G (dial.) schwirrlen to totter; all < a root *swir- (whence Dan svirre to whirl, G schwirren to whir) + -l- freq. suffix

Related forms:
swirl⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. reel, spin.
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Word Origin & History

swirl  (n.)
c.1425, "whirlpool, eddy," originally Scottish, perhaps related to dialectal Norw. svirla or Du. zwirrelen "to whirl." The meaning "whirling movement" is from 1818. The verb is attested from 1513, with an isolated instance from 14c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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