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twirled

[twurl] Origin

twirl

[twurl]
verb (used with object)
1.
to cause to rotate rapidly; spin; revolve; whirl.
2.
to twiddle: to twirl my thumbs.
3.
to wind idly, as about something.
verb (used without object)
4.
to rotate rapidly; whirl.
5.
to turn quickly so as to face or point in another direction.

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Twirled is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
noun
6.
an act or instance of twirling; spin; whirl.
7.
something convoluted or having a spiral shape; coil; curl; convolution.

Origin:
1590–1600; tw(ist) + (wh)irl

un·twirled, adjective
un·twirl·ing, adjective
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twirl
1598 (n. and v.), of uncertain origin, possibly connected with O.E. þwirl "a stirrer." Or else a blend of twist and whirl.
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