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giro
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Whirl
- (v. t.) Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
- (v. t.) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.
- (v. t.) A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.
- (v. i.) To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.
- (v. t.) To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
- (v. i.) To move hastily or swiftly.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) A whorl. See Whorl.
Synonyms:
Birl, Commotion, Convolution, Crack, Eddy, Fling, Go, Gyrate, Offer, Pass, Purl, Reel, Skirl, Spin, Swirl, Tumble, Twiddle, Twirl, Twist, Twisting, Vortex, Whirlpool,
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• Whirlwind
- (n.) A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion.
- (n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.
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• Whirl-blast
- (n.) A whirling blast or wind.
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