twirln.

Brit.

/twəːl/, U.S.

/twərl/

Forms: Also 1500s, 1700s twirle, 1600s twerle.

Etymology: < twirl v.¹

a. The action or an act of twirling, or the condition of being twirled; a rapid whirling or spinning; a twist; a spin; a whirl; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > twirling > an act of

twirl1598

tirl1790

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Giro,..a twirle.

1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical xi. 136 A Grave Old Gentleman..gave his Whiskers a Twirl.

1709–10 R. Steele Tatler No. 128. ⁋4 The dextrous Twirl of your Mop.

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 400 He commonly sends it [ball] the right course, by an artful sharp twirl.

1818 T. Moore Fudge Family in Paris v. 2 Like a tee-totum, I'm all in a twirl.

1827 R. Southey Devil's Walk x Satan gave thereat his tail A twirl of admiration.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. viii. 124 He performed..such spins and twirls as filled the company with astonishment.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xiv. 106 A ballet-dancer in full twirl.

b. Anything that twirls or is twirled; †a reel, winch (obsolete); each of the whorls of a shell; a curved line. Also figurative. steam twirl, a revolving steam-heated cylinder for mixing materials in soap-making ( Cent. Dict., Supp. 1909).

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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan

windas1293

wind1399

windlassc1400

fern1546

stow?1549

capstock1551

winch1577

draw-beam1585

wind-beam1585

winder1585

capstring1609

crab1627

guindall1628

gin1632

Jack1686

screw engine1688

twirl1688

moulineta1706

jack roll1708

wind-lifta1734

whim1738

stowce1747

whim-engine1759

macaroni gin1789

whimsy1789

winze1839

jack roller1843

wink1847

winding engine1858

fusee-windlass1874

come-along1891

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > reel > [noun]

troll1570

winch1662

reel1688

twirl1688

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxii. 277/2 An Instrument called a Twerle, or Line Reeles: It is to wind a long line of a fishing Rod vpon.

1696 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 188 The inner Twirls of which Shell were preserved entire.

?1715 M. Davies Present & Primitive State Arianism 12 Athanasius's Creed is a Twirle of Words.

a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) ii. 37 The Twirl in this is different from that of the others;..the Twirls turning from the Right~hand to the left.

1841 T. Carlyle Baillie in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1857) IV. 230 Not a twirl in that cramp penmanship.

c. Criminals' slang. A skeleton key. Cf. twirler n. 2.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > key > skeleton key or picklock

picklock1567

wrester1591

picklock key1609

gilk1610

gilt1667

ginny1669

dub1699

false key1701

screwa1790

skeleton key1810

twirl1879

skeleton1884

pick1890

twirler1921

1879 Autobiogr. of Thief in Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 502/2 It was now that I got acquainted with the use of twirls (skeleton-keys).

1923 J. C. Goodwin Sidelights on Criminal Matters xxvi. 165 In the room Bill cracked with his twirls we piped a pater.

1980 P. Kinsley Vatchman Switch x. 82 She scarcely heard him open the old lock..with the set of ‘twirls’.

d. slang. A prison warder.

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > jailer

jailerc1290

prisonera1325

officer?1387

claviculer1447

javeler?c1450

key turner1606

baston1607

twistkey1617

prison keeper1623

detainer1647

prison officer1649

turnkey1655

imprisoner1656

phylacist1656

cipier1671

wardsman1683

goodman1698

prison guard1722

screw1812

dungeoner1817

dubsman1839

cell-keeper1841

prison warder1854

warder1855

dubs1882

twirl1891

hack1914

correction officer1940

1891 J. Bent Criminal Life 272 Will you go and tell Dutch Doll to come up to try and get me a right twirl (good warder)... There is a twirl here from another stir.

1933 ‘G. Ingram’ ‘Stir’ xi. 160 I'm standing orderly on this landing and the twirl'll do anything for me.

1962 John o' London's 25 Jan. 82/2 Prison officers..are sometimes referred to as twirls.

e. A cake in the shape of a twirl.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > twirl-shaped cake

twirl1973

1973 E.-J. Bahr Nice Neighbourhood ii. 20 My Viennese aunt's recipe for butter twirls.

1979 M. Ingate Tomb of Flowers i. 8 All kinds of rolls and buns..twirls that went round and round with currants in between.

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twirlv.¹

Brit.

/twəːl/, U.S.

/twərl/

Forms: 1500s twyrle, 1500s–1700s twirle, 1600s twurl, 1600s–1700s twerle, 1600s– twirl.

Etymology: Of obscure origin: perhaps merely imitative (or an alteration of turl tirl v.³) after whirl . The initial t- and late appearance of the word are against direct connection with Continental synonyms from the stem þwer- : compare thwerl v.

a. intransitive. To rotate rapidly, to spin; to be whirled round or about; also to turn round quickly so as to face or point the other way; also figurative of the mind or head: to be in a whirl, be confused or giddy.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)] > twirl

twirl1598

to turn around1642

mirla1838

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Girare,..to twirle about, to wander.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Girellare, to twirle or gire about.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pirouetter, to whirle, twirle, turne swiftly about.

1621 G. Markham Hungers Preuention 117 Vpon the least touch it will twerle and tourne as round as any Scopperill.

1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 307 A Labyrinth where mens spirits twirle about and stray into acts so unreasonable, that they end in folly.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 466. ⁋6 Such Impertinents as fly, hop, caper, tumble, twirl,..and..play a thousand Pranks.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xxiii. 1047 His staff That twirling flies.

1792 F. Burney Let. May in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 154 A grave man's voice behind me, said, ‘Is not that Miss Burney?’ I twirled round, & saw the Bishop of Dromore.

1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft viii. 235 Dost thou not twirl like a calf that hath the turn?

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xx. 142 The [compass] needle..sometimes twirling swiftly round.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. xi. 240 My head twirls; I did unwisely to come out.

b. The verb-stem used adverbially.

ΚΠ

1806 R. Bloomfield Wild Flowers 2 Twirl went his stick.

a. transitive. To cause to rotate or spin; to turn (an object) round rapidly; to turn about in the hands; to spin between the finger and thumb, etc.; to twiddle idly or playfully.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] > twirl

thwerl1490

snoove1513

thirl1582

twirla1640

drill1681

trundlea1756

twizzle1788

a1640 F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure iii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrrrr4/2 Her sighes powerfull as the violent North, Like a light feather twirle me round about.

1646 H. More Democritus Platonissans 6 'Bout which..are hurld [the planets]..round on their own axes twurld.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 55 Hairs..are..angular and corner'd, which you may even perceive by your fingers, by twirling a Horse~hair in them.

1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 40 When..dexterous Damsels twirle the sprinkling Mop.

1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 52 Roll thy hoop, and twirl thy tops.

1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel i. 6 There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf.

1832 G. R. Porter Treat. Manuf. Porcelain & Glass 184 The workman then dexterously twirls the punt.., the glass yields to the centrifugal impulse.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. v. 57 A boy twirls round his head a bullet at the end of a string.

b. figurative. to twirl (a person) round one's finger: cf. to turn (a person) round one's finger at finger n. Phrases 4i, twiddle v.¹ 2b.

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society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > have complete control over

windc1374

to bring (a person) above the thumb1469

to have to mastery1480

to have at one's beck1530

to turn and wind1557

to bring any one to, or have him at, one's bent1575

to turn over the thumb1603

to lead in a stringc1616

to hold at school1647

to wind (a person, etc.) round one's (little) finger1698

to twirl (a person) round one's finger1748

to twist (a person) round one's finger1780

to play with ——1827

to have (one) on toast1886

to have (got) by the balls1918

to have the wood onc1926

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > exploit or take advantage of > specifically a person

to prey upon1610

impose1667

picaroon1681

live1712

to twirl (a person) round one's finger1748

to get over ——1784

exploit1838

to play (it) low down (on)1864

to avail upona1871

pole1906

to put on1958

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xii. 85 Who would not wish to outwit such girls, and to be able to twirl them round his finger?

c. To turn (one's fingers or thumbs) rapidly about one another; spec. to twirl one's thumbs, as an idle occupation when one has nothing to do. Cf. twiddle v.¹ 2c.

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the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)]

emptyeOE

to tell the clock1527

idle1668

to kick one's heels1703

twirl1777

gammer1788

to twiddle one's thumbs, or fingers1846

to make (also do) kef1852

goof1932

doss1937

to sit on one's hands1939

to bugger about ——1946

to spin one's wheels1960

1777 F. Burney Let. 27 Mar. in Early Diary, Lett. (1990) II. 225 Dr. Johnson..has a strange method of frequently twirling his Fingers, & twisting his Hands.

1816 Brief Remarks Eng. Manners 26 ‘What can I say?’ ‘Oh! any thing is better than sitting twirling your thumbs like a fool.’

1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) vii. 77 Sitting down demurely..and twirling his thumbs.

1864 M. E. Braddon Henry Dunbar iii. 23 Bad thoughts..come fastest when a fellow sits twirling his thumbs.

d. transferred. To shake out or sprinkle by or as by twirling a mop.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of sprinkling > sprinkle liquid or something with liquid [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle liquid

sprengeOE

springa1387

berainc1420

twirl1763

sprint1855

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle

warpc1000

sprengeOE

strenkc1175

springa1387

bespring1387

sprinkc1390

sprinklea1400

strinklec1400

springle?a1425

sprinkle?a1425

sprainc1440

bespreng1496

oversprinkle?1548

overstrew1570

besprent1573

insperse1587

insperge1599

asperse1607

besprink1609

disparple?1615

spark1637

swiggle1683

twirl1763

sparkle1787

bespatter1813

spray1829

1763 C. Churchill Ghost iv. 129 Those, who Physic twirl, Full fraught with death, from ev'ry curl.

1842 J. L. Motley Diary 18 Jan. in Corr. (1889) I. iv. 117 The archbishop with a little mop or swab twirling water on all the dignitaries.

3. To twist spirally (threads, etc.); now esp. to twist (the moustache).

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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > twist spirally

writheOE

wethe1398

wind1398

withe1398

turna1450

cralla1475

twirk1599

twirla1625

twire1628

twist1714

wisp1753

twistle1788

twizzle1788

screw1834

twistify1835

a1625 J. Fletcher Mad Lover ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. B3^v/2 Ile take him And twirle his neck about.

1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre ii. iii. 21 in Wks. II Neuer tuske, nor twirle your dibble.

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 271 Sir, said he,..twirling his starched Mustachio, I am the Cavallero [etc.].

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. vi. 379 Twirling her fleecy threads Tinged with sea-purple.

1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 169 Joconda was silent, as she twirled her flax.

1894 F. M. Elliot Rom. Gossip iv. 121 He twirled his long moustache.

4. To move or cast with a rapid or violent turning motion; to whirl. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > a missile or projectile > with whirling or skimming motion

thirl1587

skeer1636

twirl1646

skirra1652

squirr1710

squirry1825

1646 J. Lilburne Vnhappy Game Sc. & Eng. 10 Twerle up your Blew caps, and hurle them up at the Moone.

1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. L^v Carouse, Till Liber Pater twirles the house About your eares.

1695 J. Addison To the King 157, in Misc. Wks. (1726) I. 13 Crags of broken Rocks are twirl'd on high.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxviii. 392 The Knight following him with Outrage to the Top of a Pair of Stairs, he twirled him from Top to Bottom almost.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xl. 362 She would..twirl away his chair from the fire which he loved to look at.

5. intransitive. To twine, coil, curl. rare.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)]

wendOE

throwOE

to-writhec1000

windc1000

wrenchc1050

writhec1300

wrenka1400

wrestle?a1400

chervec1440

wring1470

wrele1513

wriggle1573

wrincha1625

curla1637

twingle1647

twine1666

twirl1706

retort1720

1706 [see twirled adj. at Derivatives]. a1719 [see twirling adj. at Derivatives].

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Melon The Sun will soon draw the Heat of so fresh a Bed to that Degree, that..the two first Leaves..of the Plant will twirl or coffer.

1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story iv His great Spanish cloak..of so prodigious a size that the tail of it, as it twirled over his shoulder, whisked away a lodging-card from the door of the house opposite.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxiv. 577 The monster's hideous tail..writhing and twirling.

Derivatives

twirled adj.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > twisted spirally

woundenOE

thwarlc1400

wreathenc1400

writhenc1475

thrown1534

crinkled1558

contort1570

torqued1577

writhed1578

rivelled1594

wrested1609

twound1610

twirled1611

contorted1622

tortile1658

torcular1661

roped1681

wended?1690

twisted1725

entwisteda1800

torquated1851

barley sugar1868

spirated1871

wrangled1876

rangled1924

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Giré, veered, or turned..; twirled, whirled, or twyned about.

1706 in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 19 Mar. (O.H.S.) I. 205 Fifty to one y^e twirl'd tail'd Cur does win.

1897 Q. Rev. July 230 Trying to unravel the twisted and twirled tangle of philosophies of life.

ˈtwirling adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > twirling

twirling1611

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adjective]

wrestinga1529

writhing1556

retorting1588

wringinga1600

wrenching1618

reluctant1667

twirlinga1719

quirling1755

convoluting1818

contortional1918

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pirouetteux, whirling, twirling, trilling, turning swiftly about.

a1719 J. Addison tr. Ovid Met. iv. 97 The wriggling snake is snatcht on high In eagle's claws,..Around the foe his twirling tail he flings.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xlvi. 336 [Electric] boats, with each of them a twirling fly..fixed to the top of the mast.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. xiii. 307 The retention of the retinal impression transforms the little living rod into a twirling wheel.

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† twirlv.²

Etymology: Compare twirl v.¹ and tirl v.², tirl v.³

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To lay open by rolling or turning back the covering. Also intransitive for reflexive.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > become open [verb (intransitive)]

openOE

undo1122

unlouk1340

unfoldc1350

unshut1390

unclosea1398

opena1400

waltc1400

unstopc1440

twirl?1523

disclosec1586

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > open by turning back covering

twirl?1523

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxv Take both your handes and twyrle vpon [read open] his [sc. the sheep's] eye and if it be ruddy and haue reed stryndes in the whyte of the eye, than he is sounde.

?1530 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry (rev. ed.) f. xxix^v Her shap..wyl twyrle open and close agayne.

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> see also

also refers to : twirl-comb. form

n.1598

v.¹1598

v.²?1523

单词	twirl
释义	twirln. Brit. /twəːl/, U.S. /twərl/ Forms: Also 1500s, 1700s twirle, 1600s twerle. Etymology: < twirl v.¹ a. The action or an act of twirling, or the condition of being twirled; a rapid whirling or spinning; a twist; a spin; a whirl; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > twirling > an act of twirl1598 tirl1790 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Giro,..a twirle. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical xi. 136 A Grave Old Gentleman..gave his Whiskers a Twirl. 1709–10 R. Steele Tatler No. 128. ⁋4 The dextrous Twirl of your Mop. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 400 He commonly sends it [ball] the right course, by an artful sharp twirl. 1818 T. Moore Fudge Family in Paris v. 2 Like a tee-totum, I'm all in a twirl. 1827 R. Southey Devil's Walk x Satan gave thereat his tail A twirl of admiration. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. viii. 124 He performed..such spins and twirls as filled the company with astonishment. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xiv. 106 A ballet-dancer in full twirl. b. Anything that twirls or is twirled; †a reel, winch (obsolete); each of the whorls of a shell; a curved line. Also figurative. steam twirl, a revolving steam-heated cylinder for mixing materials in soap-making ( Cent. Dict., Supp. 1909). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan windas1293 wind1399 windlassc1400 fern1546 stow?1549 capstock1551 winch1577 draw-beam1585 wind-beam1585 winder1585 capstring1609 crab1627 guindall1628 gin1632 Jack1686 screw engine1688 twirl1688 moulineta1706 jack roll1708 wind-lifta1734 whim1738 stowce1747 whim-engine1759 macaroni gin1789 whimsy1789 winze1839 jack roller1843 wink1847 winding engine1858 fusee-windlass1874 come-along1891 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > reel > [noun] troll1570 winch1662 reel1688 twirl1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxii. 277/2 An Instrument called a Twerle, or Line Reeles: It is to wind a long line of a fishing Rod vpon. 1696 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 188 The inner Twirls of which Shell were preserved entire. ?1715 M. Davies Present & Primitive State Arianism 12 Athanasius's Creed is a Twirle of Words. a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) ii. 37 The Twirl in this is different from that of the others;..the Twirls turning from the Right~hand to the left. 1841 T. Carlyle Baillie in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1857) IV. 230 Not a twirl in that cramp penmanship. c. Criminals' slang. A skeleton key. Cf. twirler n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > key > skeleton key or picklock picklock1567 wrester1591 picklock key1609 gilk1610 gilt1667 ginny1669 dub1699 false key1701 screwa1790 skeleton key1810 twirl1879 skeleton1884 pick1890 twirler1921 1879 Autobiogr. of Thief in Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 502/2 It was now that I got acquainted with the use of twirls (skeleton-keys). 1923 J. C. Goodwin Sidelights on Criminal Matters xxvi. 165 In the room Bill cracked with his twirls we piped a pater. 1980 P. Kinsley Vatchman Switch x. 82 She scarcely heard him open the old lock..with the set of ‘twirls’. d. slang. A prison warder. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > jailer jailerc1290 prisonera1325 officer?1387 claviculer1447 javeler?c1450 key turner1606 baston1607 twistkey1617 prison keeper1623 detainer1647 prison officer1649 turnkey1655 imprisoner1656 phylacist1656 cipier1671 wardsman1683 goodman1698 prison guard1722 screw1812 dungeoner1817 dubsman1839 cell-keeper1841 prison warder1854 warder1855 dubs1882 twirl1891 hack1914 correction officer1940 1891 J. Bent Criminal Life 272 Will you go and tell Dutch Doll to come up to try and get me a right twirl (good warder)... There is a twirl here from another stir. 1933 ‘G. Ingram’ ‘Stir’ xi. 160 I'm standing orderly on this landing and the twirl'll do anything for me. 1962 John o' London's 25 Jan. 82/2 Prison officers..are sometimes referred to as twirls. e. A cake in the shape of a twirl. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > twirl-shaped cake twirl1973 1973 E.-J. Bahr Nice Neighbourhood ii. 20 My Viennese aunt's recipe for butter twirls. 1979 M. Ingate Tomb of Flowers i. 8 All kinds of rolls and buns..twirls that went round and round with currants in between. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). twirlv.¹ Brit. /twəːl/, U.S. /twərl/ Forms: 1500s twyrle, 1500s–1700s twirle, 1600s twurl, 1600s–1700s twerle, 1600s– twirl. Etymology: Of obscure origin: perhaps merely imitative (or an alteration of turl tirl v.³) after whirl . The initial t- and late appearance of the word are against direct connection with Continental synonyms from the stem þwer- : compare thwerl v. 1. a. intransitive. To rotate rapidly, to spin; to be whirled round or about; also to turn round quickly so as to face or point the other way; also figurative of the mind or head: to be in a whirl, be confused or giddy. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)] > twirl twirl1598 to turn around1642 mirla1838 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Girare,..to twirle about, to wander. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Girellare, to twirle or gire about. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pirouetter, to whirle, twirle, turne swiftly about. 1621 G. Markham Hungers Preuention 117 Vpon the least touch it will twerle and tourne as round as any Scopperill. 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 307 A Labyrinth where mens spirits twirle about and stray into acts so unreasonable, that they end in folly. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 466. ⁋6 Such Impertinents as fly, hop, caper, tumble, twirl,..and..play a thousand Pranks. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xxiii. 1047 His staff That twirling flies. 1792 F. Burney Let. May in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 154 A grave man's voice behind me, said, ‘Is not that Miss Burney?’ I twirled round, & saw the Bishop of Dromore. 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft viii. 235 Dost thou not twirl like a calf that hath the turn? 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xx. 142 The [compass] needle..sometimes twirling swiftly round. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. xi. 240 My head twirls; I did unwisely to come out. b. The verb-stem used adverbially. ΚΠ 1806 R. Bloomfield Wild Flowers 2 Twirl went his stick. 2. a. transitive. To cause to rotate or spin; to turn (an object) round rapidly; to turn about in the hands; to spin between the finger and thumb, etc.; to twiddle idly or playfully. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] > twirl thwerl1490 snoove1513 thirl1582 twirla1640 drill1681 trundlea1756 twizzle1788 a1640 F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure iii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrrrr4/2 Her sighes powerfull as the violent North, Like a light feather twirle me round about. 1646 H. More Democritus Platonissans 6 'Bout which..are hurld [the planets]..round on their own axes twurld. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 55 Hairs..are..angular and corner'd, which you may even perceive by your fingers, by twirling a Horse~hair in them. 1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 40 When..dexterous Damsels twirle the sprinkling Mop. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 52 Roll thy hoop, and twirl thy tops. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel i. 6 There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf. 1832 G. R. Porter Treat. Manuf. Porcelain & Glass 184 The workman then dexterously twirls the punt.., the glass yields to the centrifugal impulse. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. v. 57 A boy twirls round his head a bullet at the end of a string. b. figurative. to twirl (a person) round one's finger: cf. to turn (a person) round one's finger at finger n. Phrases 4i, twiddle v.¹ 2b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > have complete control over windc1374 to bring (a person) above the thumb1469 to have to mastery1480 to have at one's beck1530 to turn and wind1557 to bring any one to, or have him at, one's bent1575 to turn over the thumb1603 to lead in a stringc1616 to hold at school1647 to wind (a person, etc.) round one's (little) finger1698 to twirl (a person) round one's finger1748 to twist (a person) round one's finger1780 to play with ——1827 to have (one) on toast1886 to have (got) by the balls1918 to have the wood onc1926 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > exploit or take advantage of > specifically a person to prey upon1610 impose1667 picaroon1681 live1712 to twirl (a person) round one's finger1748 to get over ——1784 exploit1838 to play (it) low down (on)1864 to avail upona1871 pole1906 to put on1958 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xii. 85 Who would not wish to outwit such girls, and to be able to twirl them round his finger? c. To turn (one's fingers or thumbs) rapidly about one another; spec. to twirl one's thumbs, as an idle occupation when one has nothing to do. Cf. twiddle v.¹ 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] emptyeOE to tell the clock1527 idle1668 to kick one's heels1703 twirl1777 gammer1788 to twiddle one's thumbs, or fingers1846 to make (also do) kef1852 goof1932 doss1937 to sit on one's hands1939 to bugger about ——1946 to spin one's wheels1960 1777 F. Burney Let. 27 Mar. in Early Diary, Lett. (1990) II. 225 Dr. Johnson..has a strange method of frequently twirling his Fingers, & twisting his Hands. 1816 Brief Remarks Eng. Manners 26 ‘What can I say?’ ‘Oh! any thing is better than sitting twirling your thumbs like a fool.’ 1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) vii. 77 Sitting down demurely..and twirling his thumbs. 1864 M. E. Braddon Henry Dunbar iii. 23 Bad thoughts..come fastest when a fellow sits twirling his thumbs. d. transferred. To shake out or sprinkle by or as by twirling a mop. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of sprinkling > sprinkle liquid or something with liquid [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle liquid sprengeOE springa1387 berainc1420 twirl1763 sprint1855 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle warpc1000 sprengeOE strenkc1175 springa1387 bespring1387 sprinkc1390 sprinklea1400 strinklec1400 springle?a1425 sprinkle?a1425 sprainc1440 bespreng1496 oversprinkle?1548 overstrew1570 besprent1573 insperse1587 insperge1599 asperse1607 besprink1609 disparple?1615 spark1637 swiggle1683 twirl1763 sparkle1787 bespatter1813 spray1829 1763 C. Churchill Ghost iv. 129 Those, who Physic twirl, Full fraught with death, from ev'ry curl. 1842 J. L. Motley Diary 18 Jan. in Corr. (1889) I. iv. 117 The archbishop with a little mop or swab twirling water on all the dignitaries. 3. To twist spirally (threads, etc.); now esp. to twist (the moustache). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > twist spirally writheOE wethe1398 wind1398 withe1398 turna1450 cralla1475 twirk1599 twirla1625 twire1628 twist1714 wisp1753 twistle1788 twizzle1788 screw1834 twistify1835 a1625 J. Fletcher Mad Lover ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. B3^v/2 Ile take him And twirle his neck about. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre ii. iii. 21 in Wks. II Neuer tuske, nor twirle your dibble. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 271 Sir, said he,..twirling his starched Mustachio, I am the Cavallero [etc.]. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. vi. 379 Twirling her fleecy threads Tinged with sea-purple. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 169 Joconda was silent, as she twirled her flax. 1894 F. M. Elliot Rom. Gossip iv. 121 He twirled his long moustache. 4. To move or cast with a rapid or violent turning motion; to whirl. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > a missile or projectile > with whirling or skimming motion thirl1587 skeer1636 twirl1646 skirra1652 squirr1710 squirry1825 1646 J. Lilburne Vnhappy Game Sc. & Eng. 10 Twerle up your Blew caps, and hurle them up at the Moone. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. L^v Carouse, Till Liber Pater twirles the house About your eares. 1695 J. Addison To the King 157, in Misc. Wks. (1726) I. 13 Crags of broken Rocks are twirl'd on high. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxviii. 392 The Knight following him with Outrage to the Top of a Pair of Stairs, he twirled him from Top to Bottom almost. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xl. 362 She would..twirl away his chair from the fire which he loved to look at. 5. intransitive. To twine, coil, curl. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] wendOE throwOE to-writhec1000 windc1000 wrenchc1050 writhec1300 wrenka1400 wrestle?a1400 chervec1440 wring1470 wrele1513 wriggle1573 wrincha1625 curla1637 twingle1647 twine1666 twirl1706 retort1720 1706 [see twirled adj. at Derivatives]. a1719 [see twirling adj. at Derivatives]. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Melon The Sun will soon draw the Heat of so fresh a Bed to that Degree, that..the two first Leaves..of the Plant will twirl or coffer. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story iv His great Spanish cloak..of so prodigious a size that the tail of it, as it twirled over his shoulder, whisked away a lodging-card from the door of the house opposite. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxiv. 577 The monster's hideous tail..writhing and twirling. Derivatives twirled adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > twisted spirally woundenOE thwarlc1400 wreathenc1400 writhenc1475 thrown1534 crinkled1558 contort1570 torqued1577 writhed1578 rivelled1594 wrested1609 twound1610 twirled1611 contorted1622 tortile1658 torcular1661 roped1681 wended?1690 twisted1725 entwisteda1800 torquated1851 barley sugar1868 spirated1871 wrangled1876 rangled1924 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Giré, veered, or turned..; twirled, whirled, or twyned about. 1706 in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 19 Mar. (O.H.S.) I. 205 Fifty to one y^e twirl'd tail'd Cur does win. 1897 Q. Rev. July 230 Trying to unravel the twisted and twirled tangle of philosophies of life. ˈtwirling adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > twirling twirling1611 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adjective] wrestinga1529 writhing1556 retorting1588 wringinga1600 wrenching1618 reluctant1667 twirlinga1719 quirling1755 convoluting1818 contortional1918 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pirouetteux, whirling, twirling, trilling, turning swiftly about. a1719 J. Addison tr. Ovid Met. iv. 97 The wriggling snake is snatcht on high In eagle's claws,..Around the foe his twirling tail he flings. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xlvi. 336 [Electric] boats, with each of them a twirling fly..fixed to the top of the mast. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. xiii. 307 The retention of the retinal impression transforms the little living rod into a twirling wheel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † twirlv.² Etymology: Compare twirl v.¹ and tirl v.², tirl v.³ Obsolete. rare. transitive. To lay open by rolling or turning back the covering. Also intransitive for reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > become open [verb (intransitive)] openOE undo1122 unlouk1340 unfoldc1350 unshut1390 unclosea1398 opena1400 waltc1400 unstopc1440 twirl?1523 disclosec1586 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > open by turning back covering twirl?1523 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxv Take both your handes and twyrle vpon [read open] his [sc. the sheep's] eye and if it be ruddy and haue reed stryndes in the whyte of the eye, than he is sounde. ?1530 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry (rev. ed.) f. xxix^v Her shap..wyl twyrle open and close agayne. 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