The Meaning of whirl

• (v. t.) To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
• (v. t.) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.
• (v. i.) To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.
• (v. i.) To move hastily or swiftly.
• (v. t.) A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel.
• (v. t.) Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
• (v. t.) A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.
• (v. t.) A whorl. See Whorl.

Synonyms

commotion , swirl , vortex , convolution , crack , fling , go , pass , offer , spin , twirl , twist , twisting , twirl , swirl , twiddle , birl , spin , twirl , eddy , purl , whirlpool , swirl , spin , spin around , reel , gyrate , tumble , whirl around

Homophones

werle , whorl , wurl

Rhymes

berle , birle , burl , cowgirl , curl , earl , earle , earll , erl , girl , hearl , herl , hurl , merl , merle , pearl , pearle , perl , perle , searl , searle , shirl , showgirl , sperle , swirl , twirl , unfurl , werle , whorl , wurl