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WHIRLER

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whirl

  [hwurl, wurl]
Use WHIRLER in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly: The merry-go-round whirled noisily.
2. to turn about or aside quickly: He whirled and faced his pursuers.
3. to move, travel, or be carried rapidly along: She whirled along the freeway in her new car.
4. to feel as though spinning rapidly; reel as from dizziness: My head began to whirl.
–verb (used with object)
5. to cause to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly.
6. to send, drive, or carry in a circular or curving course.
7. to drive, send, or carry along with great or dizzying rapidity.
8. Obsolete. to hurl.
–noun
9. the act of whirling; rapid rotation or gyration.
10. a whirling movement; quick turn or swing.
11. a short drive, run, walk, or the like; spin.
12. something that whirls; a whirling current or mass.
13. a rapid round of events, affairs, etc.: a whirl of meetings, conferences, and business lunches.
14. a state marked by dizziness or a dizzying succession of feelings, thoughts, etc.
15. an attempt or trial, esp. one undertaken tentatively or experimentally: Even if you don't agree with my plan, won't you give it a whirl?
16. Machinery. whip (def. 26).
Origin:
1250–1300; ME whirlen < ON hvirfla to whirl, akin to OE hwyrflung turning, revolving, hwyrfel circuit; see whorl

Related forms:
whirler, noun
whirl⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. gyrate, pirouette. 1, 5. revolve, twirl, wheel. 9. spin, revolution. 15. try, go, fling, whack.
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whirl   (hwûrl, wûrl)   
v.   whirled, whirl·ing, whirls

v.   intr.

  1. To revolve rapidly about a center or an axis. See Synonyms at turn.

  2. To rotate or spin rapidly: The dancer whirled across the stage.

  3. To turn rapidly, changing direction; wheel: She whirled around to face him.

  4. To have the sensation of spinning; reel: My head is whirling with data.

  5. To move circularly and rapidly in varied, random directions: The wind whirled across the steppes.

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to rotate or turn rapidly: whirl a baton.

  2. To move or drive in a circular or curving course.

  3. To drive at high speed: whirled the motorcycle around the corner.

  4. Obsolete To hurl.

n.  

  1. The act of rotating or revolving rapidly.

  2. Something, such as a cloud of dust, that whirls or is whirled.

  3. A state of confusion; tumult.

  4. A swift succession or round of events: the social whirl.

  5. A state of mental confusion or giddiness; dizziness: My head is in a whirl.

  6. Informal A short trip or ride.

  7. Informal A brief or experimental try: Let's give the plan a whirl.


[Middle English whirlen, probably from Old Norse hvirfla.]
whirl'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

whirl  (v.)
c.1290, probably from O.N. hvirfla "to go round, spin," related to hvirfill "circle, ring, crown," and to O.E. hweorfan "to turn" (see whir). Whirlpool is attested from 1529, but O.E. had hwyrfepol and wirfelmere; whirlwind is c.1340, probably on model of O.N. hvirfilvindr. Whirligig is from 1440, of various toys. Whirlybird "helicopter" is from 1951.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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