whirl (
http://definr.com/whirl)
n 1: confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a
commotion of people fought for the exits" [syn:
commotion]
2: the shape of something rotating rapidly [syn:
swirl,
vortex,
convolution]
3: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it
a whirl" [syn:
crack,
fling,
go,
pass,
offer]
4: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it
broke off after much twisting" [syn:
spin,
twirl,
twist,
twisting]
v 1: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled
in the autumn wind" [syn:
twirl,
swirl,
twiddle]
2: cause to spin; "spin a coin" [syn:
birl,
spin,
twirl]
3: flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn:
eddy,
purl,
whirlpool,
swirl]
4: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The
dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
[syn:
spin,
spin around,
reel,
gyrate]
5: fly around, as of paper on the sidewalk, or clothes in a
dryer, or rising smoke in the wind [syn:
skirl,
tumble,
whirl around]