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swirl

  [swurl] ,
–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.
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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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swirl   (swûrl)   
v.   swirled, swirl·ing, swirls

v.   intr.

  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.

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to move with a twisting or whirling motion. See Synonyms at turn.

  2. To form into or arrange in a spiral, whorl, or twist.

n.  

  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.]
swirl'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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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