单词 | twirl |
释义 | twirln. 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 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. B3v/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. Lv 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 ye 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 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. xxixv Her shap..wyl twyrle open and close agayne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2021). > see alsoalso refers to : twirl-comb. form < see also |
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