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Synonyms for whirl
ʰwɜrl, wɜrl
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Princeton's WordNet
whirl, commotion(noun)
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-hahwhirl, swirl, vortex, convolution(noun)
the shape of something rotating rapidly
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go, gyrus, fling, spin, twist, swirl, crack, twisting, vortex, maelstrom, commotion, offer, twirl, whirlpool, convolution, passcrack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer(noun)
a usually brief attempt
"he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
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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, shotspin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl(verb)
the act of rotating rapidly
"he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
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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, eddytwirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl(verb)
turn in a twisting or spinning motion
"The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"
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swirl, tumble, gyrate, birl, eddy, purl, spin, spin around, reel, twirl, whirlpool, whirl around, twiddle, fiddle withwhirl, birl, spin, twirl(verb)
cause to spin
"spin a coin"
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swirl, tumble, gyrate, birl, eddy, reel, purl, spin, birle, spin out, twirl, whirlpool, whirl around, twiddle, spin aroundeddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl(verb)
flow in a circular current, of liquids
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swirl, twiddle, gyrate, birl, eddy, sough, tumble, spin, reel, twirl, whirlpool, whirl around, purl, spin aroundspin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate(verb)
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, reelwhirl, tumble, whirl around(verb)
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
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
whirl
Synonyms:
twirl, spin round, gyrate
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How to use whirl in a sentence?
My poor head is in such a whirl, my mind is all in bits.
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.
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