Definition of Whirl

v. t.1.
[imp. & p. p. Whirled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Whirling.]
1.To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
2.To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.
v. i.1.To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.
2.To move hastily or swiftly.
n.1.
1.A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel.
2.Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
3.A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.
4.(Bot. & Zool.) A whorl. See Whorl.


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