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Webster 1913 Edition
Twirl
Twirl
(twẽrl)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Twirled
(twẽrld)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Twirling
.] [Cf. AS.
þwiril
a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, þweran
, āþweran
, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen
, quirlen
, querlen
to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl
a twirling stick, OHG. dweran
to twirl, stir. Cf. Trowel
.] To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
See ruddy maids,
Some taught with dexterous hand to
Some taught with dexterous hand to
twirl
the wheel. Dodsley.
No more beneath soft eve’s consenting star
Fandango
Fandango
twirls
his jocund castanet. Byron.
Twirl
,Verb.
I.
To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
Twirl
,Noun.
1.
The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
2.
A twist; a convolution.
Woodward.
Webster 1828 Edition
Twirl
TWIRL
,Verb.
T.
See ruddy maids,
Some taught with dextrous hand to twirl the wheel--
TWIRL
,Verb.
I.
TWIRL
,Noun.
1.
Twist; convolution.Definition 2024
twirl
twirl
English
Noun
twirl (plural twirls)
Translations
Movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette
Verb
twirl (third-person singular simple present twirls, present participle twirling, simple past and past participle twirled)
- (intransitive) To perform a twirl.
- (transitive) To rotate rapidly.
- Dodsley
- See ruddy maids, / Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
- Byron
- No more beneath soft eve's consenting star / Fandango twirls his jocund castanet.
- Dodsley
Translations
to perform a twirl
|
to rotate rapidly
References
- ↑ Etymology in Merriam Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Germanic cognates