Synonyms for whirl
ʰwɜrl, wɜrlwhirl

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1. whirl

   Synonyms:
   twirl, spin round, gyrate

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1. whirl, commotionnoun

   confused movement

   "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"

   Synonyms:
   go, hurly burly, disturbance, fling, spin, twist, swirl, flutter, ruckus, crack, to-do, twisting, rumpus, vortex, ruction, commotion, din, offer, twirl, hoo-ha, disruption, convolution, tumult, pass, kerfuffle, hoo-hah

2. whirl, swirl, vortex, convolutionnoun

   the shape of something rotating rapidly

   Synonyms:
   go, gyrus, fling, spin, twist, swirl, crack, twisting, vortex, maelstrom, commotion, offer, twirl, whirlpool, convolution, pass

3. crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offernoun

   a usually brief attempt

   "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

   Synonyms:
   mountain pass, cristal, sally, strait, swirl, gap, hug drug, twisting, disco biscuit, flip, crevice, cranny, head, bye, snap, notch, fissure, spin, offer, passing game, offering, commotion, convolution, turn, chap, passing play, tour, laissez passer, quip, vortex, go, spree, crack, scissure, pass, crack cocaine, spell, wisecrack, toss, walk, twist, fracture, base on balls, fling, ecstasy, go game, straits, liberty chit, qualifying, passport, tornado, twirl, cracking, cleft, passing, shot

4. spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirlverb

   the act of rotating rapidly

   "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"

   Synonyms:
   spin, bend, swirl, wind, twist, straining, convolution, tailspin, kink, braid, offer, wrench, crook, turn of events, tress, pull, winding, plait, vortex, go, crack, pass, construction, device, commotion, twirl, fling, torture, distortion, gimmick, turn, twisting, overrefinement, eddy

5. twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirlverb

   turn in a twisting or spinning motion

   "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

   Synonyms:
   swirl, tumble, gyrate, birl, eddy, purl, spin, spin around, reel, twirl, whirlpool, whirl around, twiddle, fiddle with

6. whirl, birl, spin, twirlverb

   cause to spin

   "spin a coin"

   Synonyms:
   swirl, tumble, gyrate, birl, eddy, reel, purl, spin, birle, spin out, twirl, whirlpool, whirl around, twiddle, spin around

7. eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirlverb

   flow in a circular current, of liquids

   Synonyms:
   swirl, twiddle, gyrate, birl, eddy, sough, tumble, spin, reel, twirl, whirlpool, whirl around, purl, spin around

8. spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrateverb

   revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

   "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"

   Synonyms:
   stagger, coil, whirl around, spin around, keel, lurch, gyrate, spin, swag, swirl, spiral, spin out, careen, eddy, twirl, whirlpool, twiddle, purl, birl, tumble, reel

9. whirl, tumble, whirl aroundverb

   fly around

   "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"

   Synonyms:
   whirl around, spin around, get it, get onto, gyrate, spin, swirl, break down, tip, topple, collapse, cotton on, latch on, catch on, eddy, crumble, twirl, whirlpool, twiddle, purl, birl, tumble, twig, get wise, crumple, reel

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1. • Attempt
   • Revolve

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1. whirlverb

   Synonyms:
   twirl, revolve, rotate, spin

2. whirlverb

   Synonyms:
   twirl, spin, wheel, turn round

3. whirlnoun

   Synonyms:
   gyration, rotation

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1. whirlnoun

   Synonyms:
   circumvolution, rotation, gyration, swirl

2. whirlverb

   Synonyms:
   spin, revolve, twirl, rotate, gyrate, wheel, pirouette

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1. List of paraphrases for "whirl":

   vorticity, vortex

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How to use whirl in a sentence?

1. Johann von Goethe:

   My poor head is in such a whirl, my mind is all in bits.

2. Nat Hentoff:

   Those who created this country chose freedom. With all of its dangers. And do you know the riskiest part of that choice they made? They actually believed that we could be trusted to make up our own minds in the whirl of differing ideas. That we could be trusted to remain free, even when there were very, very seductive voices – taking advantage of our freedom of speech – who were trying to turn this country into the kind of place where the government could tell you what you can and cannot do.

3. Johnny Joey Jones:

   He did n’t say, ‘ You ca n’t ride this ride, go talk to so-and-so. ’ It was, ‘ You ca n’t ride this ride, ’ I said ‘ Why ? ’ and he said, ‘ Because you do n’t have real legs. ’ and then once I left the ride, I researched the policy for every single ride in the park, and literally, I ca n’t get on a tilt-a-whirl. I ’m restricted to pretty much things that do n’t move, because of my legs.