whirl /wɜrl/
1. confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"
2. the shape of something rotating rapidly
synset: whirl, swirl, vortex, convolution
3. a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
synset: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer
4. the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
synset: spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl
1. turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"
synset: twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl
2. cause to spin; "spin a coin"
synset: whirl, birl, spin, twirl
3. flow in a circular current, of liquids
synset: eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl
4. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
synset: spin, spin_around, whirl, reel, gyrate
5. fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"
synset: whirl, tumble, whirl_around
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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