twirlable

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English

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Etymology

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From twirl +‎ -able.

Adjective

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twirlable (comparative more twirlable, superlative most twirlable)

  1. Capable of being twirled.
    • 1945, The Motor, volume 86, page 275:
      Our policemen, of course, will be fitted out with large, twirlable moustaches and small, twirlable rolling-pins, and will be taught to turn their backs on traffic jams, but to blow whistles violently at solitary bicyclists.