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twirl

(twûrl)

v. twirled, twirl·ing, twirls

v.tr.

1. To rotate or revolve briskly; swing in a circle; spin: twirled a baton to lead the band.

2. To twist or wind around: twirl thread on a spindle.

v.intr.

1. To move or spin around rapidly, suddenly, or repeatedly: The pinwheel twirled in the breeze.

2. To whirl or turn suddenly; make an about-face: twirled in the direction of the noise.

3. Baseball To pitch.

1. The act of twirling or the condition of being twirled; a quick spinning or twisting.

2. Something twirled; a twist: a twirl of cotton candy.

[Origin unknown.]

twirl′er n.

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twirl

(twɜːl)

1. to move or cause to move around rapidly and repeatedly in a circle

2. (tr) to twist, wind, or twiddle, often idly: she twirled her hair around her finger.

3. (intr; often foll by around or about) to turn suddenly to face another way: she twirled around angrily to face him.

4. an act of rotating or being rotated; whirl or twist

5. something wound around or twirled; coil

6. a written flourish or squiggle

[C16: perhaps a blend of twist + whirl]

ˈtwirler n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

twirl

(twɜrl)

v.t.

1. to cause to rotate rapidly; spin; whirl.

2. to twiddle.

3. to wind idly, as about something.

4. Baseball. to pitch.

v.i.

5. to rotate rapidly; whirl.

6. to turn quickly so as to face or point in another direction.

7. Baseball. to pitch.

8. an act or instance of twirling; spin; whirl.

9. something having a spiral shape.

[1590–1600; perhaps expressive alter. of whirl]

twirl′er, n.

twirl

- May be a blend of twist and whirl.

twirl

Past participle: twirled
Gerund: twirling

Imperative
twirl
twirl

Present
I twirl
you twirl
he/she/it twirls
we twirl
you twirl
they twirl

Preterite
I twirled
you twirled
he/she/it twirled
we twirled
you twirled
they twirled

Present Continuous
I am twirling
you are twirling
he/she/it is twirling
we are twirling
you are twirling
they are twirling

Present Perfect
I have twirled
you have twirled
he/she/it has twirled
we have twirled
you have twirled
they have twirled

Past Continuous
I was twirling
you were twirling
he/she/it was twirling
we were twirling
you were twirling
they were twirling

Past Perfect
I had twirled
you had twirled
he/she/it had twirled
we had twirled
you had twirled
they had twirled

Future
I will twirl
you will twirl
he/she/it will twirl
we will twirl
you will twirl
they will twirl

Future Perfect
I will have twirled
you will have twirled
he/she/it will have twirled
we will have twirled
you will have twirled
they will have twirled

Future Continuous
I will be twirling
you will be twirling
he/she/it will be twirling
we will be twirling
you will be twirling
they will be twirling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been twirling
you have been twirling
he/she/it has been twirling
we have been twirling
you have been twirling
they have been twirling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been twirling
you will have been twirling
he/she/it will have been twirling
we will have been twirling
you will have been twirling
they will have been twirling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been twirling
you had been twirling
he/she/it had been twirling
we had been twirling
you had been twirling
they had been twirling

Conditional
I would twirl
you would twirl
he/she/it would twirl
we would twirl
you would twirl
they would twirl

Past Conditional
I would have twirled
you would have twirled
he/she/it would have twirled
we would have twirled
you would have twirled
they would have twirled

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Noun	1.	twirl - a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight kink, twist crease, crimp, fold, plication, flexure, bend - an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
	2.	twirl - the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" spin, twisting, whirl, twist rotary motion, rotation - the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" pirouette - (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet) birling, logrolling - rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)
Verb	1.	twirl - turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" swirl, twiddle, whirl revolve, rotate, go around - turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
	2.	twirl - cause to spin; "spin a coin" birl, whirl, spin circumvolve, rotate - cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"

twirl

verb

1. twiddle, turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, revolve, whirl She twirled an empty glass in her fingers.

2. turn, whirl, wheel, spin, twist, pivot, gyrate, pirouette, turn on your heel Several hundred people twirl around the dance floor.

noun

1. turn, spin, rotation, whirl, wheel, revolution, twist, pirouette, gyration with a twirl of his silver-handled cane

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

twirl

verb

To rotate rapidly:

spin, swirl, whirl.

Translations

دَوْرَه، لَفَّه، تَدْويريَدور، يَبْرُم

krouženíotáčet

snosnoen

drehen

στριφογυρίζω

tourner tournoiement virevolter

pödörpörgetés

hringsnúningursnúa, hringsnúast

far girare far girare tra le dita ghirigoro giro roteare

griešanāsgrieztgrieztiesvirpināšanavirpināt

вертеться

bük mebük mekkıvırmakıvırmakkıvrılma

捻动捻弄转动

twirl

[twɜːl]

A. N

1. [of body] → vuelta f, pirueta f

2. (in writing) → rasgo m

B. VT → dar vueltas rápidas a; [+ baton, lasso] → dar vueltas a; [+ knob] → girar; [+ moustache] → atusarse

C. VI → dar vueltas, piruetear

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

twirl

[ˈtwɜː^rl]

n → tournoiement m
to do a twirl → tournoyer

vt → faire tournoyer

vi → tournoyer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

twirl

vt → (herum)wirbeln; skirt → herumwirbeln; glass → drehen; moustache → zwirbeln; he twirled his partner (a)round the dance floor → er wirbelte seine Partnerin übers Parkett

vi → wirbeln; the skater twirled (a)round on the ice → der Eiskunstläufer wirbelte über das Eis

n → Wirbel m; (in dance) → Drehung f; (of moustache) → hoch stehende or hoch gezwirbelte Spitze; (in writing) → Schnörkel m; to give a knob a twirl → einen Knopf herumdrehen; he gave his partner a twirl → er wirbelte seine Partnerin herum; give us a twirl → dreh dich doch mal

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

twirl

[twɜːl]

1. n (of body) → piroetta; (in writing) → ghirigoro

2. vt (also twirl round) → far roteare; (knob) → far girare; (moustache) → arricciare

3. vi (also twirl round) → volteggiare, roteare

twirl

(twəːl) verb

to (cause to) turn round (and round); to spin. She twirled her hair round her finger.

noun

an act of twirling.

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Bad flute-players twist and twirl, if they have to represent 'the quoit-throw,' or hustle the coryphaeus when they perform the 'Scylla.' Tragedy, it is said, has this same defect.

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There goes a straw--well, how it does twist and twirl, to be sure!

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Then does she twirl and twine, a pastoral nymph of good family, through the mazes of the dance.

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Kennedy, with his hair blown wildly about his face, looked on without speaking; but the doctor had regained all his daring in the midst of this deadly peril, and not a sign of his emotion was betrayed in his countenance, even when, after a last violent twirl, the Victoria stopped suddenly in the midst of a most unlooked-for calm; the north wind had abruptly got the upper hand, and now drove her back with equal rapidity over the route she had traversed in the morning.

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'No, sir, he comes on later in the afternoon.' Another twirl of the great hat, and then Young John said, rising, 'I am afraid I must wish you good day, sir.'

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As for those antique floor-cloth & still occasionally seen in the dwellings of the rabble - cloths of huge, sprawling, and radiating devises, stripe-interspersed, and glorious with all hues, among which no ground is intelligible-these are but the wicked invention of a race of time-servers and money-lovers - children of Baal and worshippers of Mammon - Benthams, who, to spare thought and economize fancy, first cruelly invented the Kaleidoscope, and then established joint-stock companies to twirl it by steam.

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The policeman twirled his club and took a step or two.

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Next to Weyrother sat Count Langeron who, with a subtle smile that never left his typically southern French face during the whole time of the reading, gazed at his delicate fingers which rapidly twirled by its corners a gold snuffbox on which was a portrait.

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He had taken her parasol from her hands while he spoke to her, and he now lifted it and twirled it above him as he lay on his back.

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But if your superior culture gets leaky again -- " He did not complete the sentence, but he twirled his gleaming axe so carelessly that the Woggle-Bug looked frightened, and shrank away to a safe distance.

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She strided up to him and twirled her fingers in his face.

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The Prince, as he twirled his fair moustache, glanced carelessly enough across at the Duchess.

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