twirl
English
Etymology
Of Scandinavian origin, akin to Norwegian tvirla, Old High German dweran[1] (German zwirlen, quirlen) and Icelandic þyrill[2]
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)l
Noun
twirl (plural twirls)
- A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
- Any swift, elegant rotating movement.
- The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.
- A little twist of some substance; a swirl.
- 1969, The South African Sugar Journal (volume 53, page 51)
- Place the cream in a piping bag with a fairly large star pipe attached, fill each tartlet with a twirl of cream and top with a strawberry.
- 1969, The South African Sugar Journal (volume 53, page 51)
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
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to rotate rapidly
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References
- ^ Etymology in Merriam Webster's Dictionary
- ^ Germanic cognates