confused movement; he was caught up in a whirl of work; a commotion of people fought for the exits
[ Syn: commotion ]
the shape of something rotating rapidly
[ Syn: swirl , vortex , convolution ]
a usually brief attempt; he took a crack at it; I gave it a whirl
the act of rotating rapidly; he gave the crank a spin; it broke off after much twisting
whirl (n.)
turn in a twisting or spinning motion; The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
cause to spin; spin a coin
flow in a circular current, of liquids
revolve quickly and repeatedly around ones own axis; The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
[ Syn: spin , spin around , reel , gyrate ]
fly around; The clothes tumbled in the dryer; rising smoke whirled in the air
[ Syn: tumble , whirl around ]