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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To move with a twisting or whirling motion; eddy. synonym: turn.
- intransitive verb To be dizzy or disoriented.
- intransitive verb To be arranged in a spiral, whorl, or twist.
- intransitive verb To cause to move with a twisting or whirling motion.
- intransitive verb To form into or arrange in a spiral, whorl, or twist.
- noun A whirling or eddying motion or mass.
- noun Something, such as a curl of hair, that coils, twists, or whirls.
- noun Whirling confusion or disorder.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; gyration; whirl.
- noun Hence Specifically, in angling, the rush of a fish through the water when it rises to a fly.
- noun A twist or convolution, as in the grain of wood; a curl; a spot marked by swirling.
- noun Same as
swire , 2. - To form eddies; whirl in eddies; have a whirling motion; whirl about.
- To give a whirling motion to.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl.
- verb To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
whirling eddy - noun a
twist orcoil of something - verb To
twist orwhirl , as aneddy - verb To be
arranged in atwist ,spiral orwhorl
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb turn in a twisting or spinning motion
- verb flow in a circular current, of liquids
- noun the shape of something rotating rapidly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Use a small star tip (I think I used #18) and make a swirl from the inside out.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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Use a small star tip (I think I used #18) and make a swirl from the inside out.
HTEAC Does Business: "Over the Hill!" 40th Birthday Cake 2009
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Soon I graduated from a plain, white-flour pan loaf to sweet cinnamon-raisin swirl, dark whole wheat and molasses, and eclectic beet-spiked loaves, along with pretzels and most recently, the quintessential bagel!
Archive 2009-04-01 Sarah 2009
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Soon I graduated from a plain, white-flour pan loaf to sweet cinnamon-raisin swirl, dark whole wheat and molasses, and eclectic beet-spiked loaves, along with pretzels and most recently, the quintessential bagel!
One - A - Penny... Sarah 2009
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According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the gap between the nearest storms and the near-surface swirl is over 100 miles.
Tropical storm Tomas a goner? Haiti hoping ... Greg Postel 2010
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I saw the pumpkin swirl brownies on your site and was wondering if the 1/4 cup is necessary?
Mocha Spice Cupcakes 2008
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The swirl is just beautiful ... wish I knew the secret!
Spiced Mahagony Soap Anne-Marie 2008
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I love the bottom right soap - the swirl is very crisp and clean.
Tile o' Soap Anne-Marie 2007
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It really was very good. the bits of waffle cone are coated in choclate so they stay crunchy and the caramel swirl is perfectly integrated.
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I love the bottom right soap - the swirl is very crisp and clean.
Archive 2007-10-01 Anne-Marie 2007
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Words with the same meaning
- Charybdis
- Maelstrom
- ado
- agitate
- agitation
- back stream
- backflow
- backwash
- backwater
- beat
- beat up
- bluster
- bobbery
- boil
- boiling
- bother
- botheration
- brouhaha
- burst
- bustle
- centrifugate
- centrifuge
- churn
- churn up
- circulate
- cirrus
- coil
- commotion
- contort
- conturbation
- convulse
- corkscrew
- countercurrent
- counterflow
- counterflux
- crinkle
- curl
- curlicue
- curve
- disarrange
- discompose
- discomposure
- disorder
- disquiet
- disquietude
- disturb
- disturbance
- dizzy round
- ebullience
- ebullition
- eddy
- effervescence
- embroilment
- evolute
- excite
- excitement
- feery-fary
- ferment
- fermentation
- fever
- feverishness
- fidgetiness
- fidgets
- fit
- flap
- flurry
- fluster
- flutter
- flutteration
- flutteriness
- foment
- fret
- fume
- furl
- fuss
- fussiness
- gulf
- gurge
- gush
- gyrate
- gyre
- helix
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- hurly-burly
- hurry
- hurry-scurry
- inquietude
- intort
- involute
- jitters
- jumpiness
- kink
- maelstrom
- malaise
- meander
- moil
- nerviness
- nervosity
- nervousness
- paddle
- pell-mell
- perturb
- perturbate
- perturbation
- pirouette
- pother
- purl
- rat race
- reel
- refluence
- reflux
- regurgitation
- restlessness
- rile
- ringlet
- ripple
- roil
- roll
- roughen
- round
- rout
- row
- ruffle
- rumple
- scallop
- scramble
- screw
- scroll
- seethe
- seething
- serpentine
- shake
- shake up
- slink
- snake
- spasm
- spin
- spiral
- spurt
- stew
- stir
- stir up
- surge
- sweat
- swirling
- tendril
- to-do
- trepidation
- trepidity
- trouble
- tumult
- tumultuation
- turbidity
- turbulence
- turmoil
- turn
- twine
- twirl
- twist
- twist and turn
- unease
- unquiet
- unrest
- uproar
- upset
- volute
- volution
- vortex
- wheel
- whip
- whip up
- whirl
- whirligig
- whirlpool
- whirlwind
- whisk
- whorl
- wind
- work up
- worm
- wring
- yeastiness
chained_bear commented on the word swirl
This word goes best with "fudge" in front of it.
February 13, 2007
seanahan commented on the word swirl
In all my years, I never..., what was that?
A counter-clockwise swirl!
August 27, 2007
bilby commented on the word swirl
Low German? Now now.
July 2, 2019