verb / noun
whirl
WURL/wɜːrl/
Rapid spinning or circling movement.
The wooden top whirls rapidly on its tip.
Etymology
Whirlen covered circular motion as well as swift or erratic movement. The modern spinning sense preserves its central image of something moving rapidly round.
In context
where you dance before your partner somewhat like man Friday before Robinson cruso and then as if your feelings were overcome seize her hands and whirl her round
More examples
- Dry leaves whirl around our feet in the wind.
- The dancers whirled their partners across the floor.
- The spinning skirt becomes a whirl of bright colors.
Forms
whirl · whirls · whirled · whirling