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Definition of twirl in English: twirlverb twəːltwərl [no object]1Spin quickly and lightly round, especially repeatedly. she twirled in delight to show off her new dress Example sentencesExamples - I ran through the rain, twirling, spinning, skipping and feeling completely safe in the world.
- With two hands she sipped the warm, filling chocolate and watched the heavy snowdrops from the clouds twirl down quickly to the ground.
- I twirled on my toes, trying to imitate a ballerina.
- I twirl and I spin and I stick one leg out of the water and pretend I am really graceful.
- She looked absolutely radiant with joy in her period dress, spinning and twirling on the floor.
- Leaves twirled through the air, but there was no breeze.
- She glided over the dance steps smoothly, twirling quickly.
- Obviously a boy who appreciates a big stage when he sees one, Jack danced and twirled and spun with abandon, much to the delight of the photographers.
- Alex jumped a foot forward suddenly, twirling around just as quickly and landing in a defensive stance.
- I quickly twirled back around to face my other three enemies.
- Her face was drenched with sweat from twirling and spinning and leaping and jumping.
- Soon she was twirling and dancing so quickly that it was hard for Adrianna's eyes to keep up.
- She twirled in front of the mirror and watched the skirt flare out.
- Dancing and twirling sadly, spinning and swaying softly, she made this her dance of hope.
- Red and purple hangings hung from gold walls, and the dancers twirled round and round.
- Miranda leaped and ran, spun and twirled, flew and soared to the sound of Mario's violin.
- Flower petals danced across the scene, and twirled through the air.
- We jumped around and around, hands linked as we twirled around the room.
- From time to time, Russian dancers clad in national costume would pop up to dance between the tables, somehow reminiscent of a doll twirling round and round inside a music box.
- The magical girl twirled and spun through the air with a natural grace, which she had achieved after only a day of intense practice.
Synonyms spin (round), pirouette, whirl, turn (round), wheel, gyrate, pivot, swivel twist, revolve, rotate Scottish birl - 1.1with object Cause to rotate.
she twirled her fork in the pasta Example sentencesExamples - His black gloved fingers twirled his substantial black moustache.
- My long cream coloured fingers twirled a black pen, idly, while I thought about home.
- Corrina picked up her fork and twirled it around in her salad, never once raising the food to her mouth.
- I sighed, absent-mindedly twirling a lock of hair around a finger.
- Livi laughed, idly twirling a strand of her hair around her finger.
- Bored, Emily props her chin up with right hand, absently twirling her hair with the left.
- The swordsman reached up and gently twirled a lock of her long hair around his finger.
- Anna reached up and absent-mindedly twirled her finger around one of her golden curls.
- She gave me a smile as I picked up my fork and started twirling it.
- Sarah idly twirled the white gold band on her wedding finger.
- We knew the Calvin who worked with kids, organized basketball camps and taught baton twirling.
- ‘I am,’ said Jacqueline, twirling her fork in her fingers, but not actually touching the food.
- "Egypt, along the Nile River, " she said, nervously twirling her hair.
- He absent-mindedly twirled a lock of crimson hair around his finger.
- Deliphine was then twirling the sword with her hands and with one swift movement, she pointed it at him.
- Lexa frowned thoughtfully, absently twirling a few strands of dark brown hair between her fingers as she walked.
- She twirled the umbrella by rolling it in the palms of her hands.
- The reporter frowned and idly twirled a black curl between her fingers.
- The truth is the thing that I excel at in the most is actually baton twirling.
- The swordsman then twirled the sword in his hands, and raised it high.
Synonyms wind, twist, coil, curl, wrap
noun twəːltwərl 1An act of spinning. Kate did a twirl in front of the mirror Example sentencesExamples - He caught her out of her twirl and pulled her close to him in front of a camera, making them look like a couple before kissing her cheek, cameras flashing all the while.
- I performed a few perfunctory twirls and made good my escape.
- Laura looked at the food and felt her stomach do twirls and twists.
- ‘You can turn around now,’ I said and did a twirl for Kaiek.
- I gave a modeling twirl, hair swishing about my shoulders as I turned.
- When he released her she turned around and did a twirl to show off her present.
- Then, with a twirl on her heel, he turned around and walked off in the opposite direction to where Terr'ach was going.
- Turning on her heel Sheasa did a twirl and stabbed the air.
- Little girls were doing little twirls with the dancing Angelina Ballerina.
- I kept on skating ahead of him, gathering more and more momentum and doing a complex combination of twirls, spins, and turns.
- My heart became its own circus act, doing several summersaults and then some twirls and a back flip or two, when I heard the sound of her flowing voice.
- The more you practice, the more complicated moves you'll be able to do, like turns and twirls.
- The cherry blossoms danced in random loops and twirls before resting on the grass below our feet.
- The early shorts show off his great dervishing twirls and kicks.
- The moves they showed me contained many spins, twirls and slashes that looked like they would harm themselves with, but they pulled off easily.
- The girls were expected to follow pretty complicated choreographed dance and exercise sequences - and one by one they came forward to perform back flips, twirls and even the splits.
- A quick twirl of the moustache and I'm off to The Pub, If I don't write again, have a very Happy Christmas.
- We exited the atmosphere perfectly with a few bumps and twirls.
- She did one final twirl for herself in front of the mirror before smiling to herself again and walking to the door carefully in her tall black pump heels.
- I ran to the kitchen, and I turned, and I did a complete twirl and fell against the wall.
Synonyms pirouette, spin, whirl, turn twist, rotation, revolution, gyration Scottish birl - 1.1 A spiralling or swirling shape, especially a flourish made with a pen.
on the lid was a name written in old-fashioned twirls Example sentencesExamples - A telltale sign of both species are the intricate spirals and twirls of their spawn on the base of individual blades of eel-grass, and these will often lead you to the perpetrator.
- Her name in an exquisite, flowing script glistened back at her, the letters furling and flourishing themselves in elegant swirls and twirls.
- His waxed moustache had turned into perfect twirls at their ends.
- He spends his free time pacing back and forth the bridge, stroking the ridges and twirls in the metalwork with his dull black eyes.
Derivatives noun ˈtwəːləˈtwərlər The team will compete against baton twirlers from Japan, America, Canada, France and Holland. Example sentencesExamples - He estimated a crowd of more than 1000 people who were stunned at the drummers, fire twirlers, fashion parades, dancers, puppet shows, a DJ, street performers and buskers.
- Talent night at the local elementary school tends to conjure up images of kazoo players, off-key warblers and budding baton twirlers, all with big dreams and stars in their eyes.
- She was the star baton twirler, he was co-captain of the football team.
- Spirits were high, the alcohol was free or subsidized, there were fire twirlers, drummers and men on stilts moving around the Victorian Arts Centre forecourt and I was feeling on top of the world.
adjectivetwirliest, twirlier ˈtwəːliˈtwərli It's a drinking song, It's a polka, it's girls in big twirly dresses and they're giving it everything they've got. Example sentencesExamples - In 2000 they installed a couple of tall twirly staircases and a giant spider, sculpted out of steel by Louise Bourgeois.
- But I suppose it was too much to expect for him to have a black, twirly moustache and for her to cackle mysteriously from beneath an impenetrable black shroud.
- She always does that hair twirly thing when she's anxious, especially during important tests.
- She scrunched up her face in reply and then handed me a glass of multi-coloured liquid that was adorned with little paper umbrellas and a twirly straw.
Origin Late 16th century: probably an alteration (by association with whirl) of tirl, a variant of archaic trill 'twiddle, spin'. Rhymes birl, burl, churl, curl, earl, Erle, furl, girl, herl, hurl, knurl, merle, pas seul, pearl, purl, Searle, skirl, squirl, swirl, whirl, whorl Definition of twirl in US English: twirlverbtwərltwərl [no object]1Spin quickly and lightly around, especially repeatedly. she twirled in delight to show off her new dress Example sentencesExamples - Flower petals danced across the scene, and twirled through the air.
- Obviously a boy who appreciates a big stage when he sees one, Jack danced and twirled and spun with abandon, much to the delight of the photographers.
- Dancing and twirling sadly, spinning and swaying softly, she made this her dance of hope.
- We jumped around and around, hands linked as we twirled around the room.
- Miranda leaped and ran, spun and twirled, flew and soared to the sound of Mario's violin.
- I twirl and I spin and I stick one leg out of the water and pretend I am really graceful.
- The magical girl twirled and spun through the air with a natural grace, which she had achieved after only a day of intense practice.
- From time to time, Russian dancers clad in national costume would pop up to dance between the tables, somehow reminiscent of a doll twirling round and round inside a music box.
- Her face was drenched with sweat from twirling and spinning and leaping and jumping.
- She glided over the dance steps smoothly, twirling quickly.
- With two hands she sipped the warm, filling chocolate and watched the heavy snowdrops from the clouds twirl down quickly to the ground.
- She looked absolutely radiant with joy in her period dress, spinning and twirling on the floor.
- I twirled on my toes, trying to imitate a ballerina.
- Red and purple hangings hung from gold walls, and the dancers twirled round and round.
- I ran through the rain, twirling, spinning, skipping and feeling completely safe in the world.
- I quickly twirled back around to face my other three enemies.
- Alex jumped a foot forward suddenly, twirling around just as quickly and landing in a defensive stance.
- Soon she was twirling and dancing so quickly that it was hard for Adrianna's eyes to keep up.
- She twirled in front of the mirror and watched the skirt flare out.
- Leaves twirled through the air, but there was no breeze.
Synonyms spin, spin round, pirouette, whirl, turn, turn round, wheel, gyrate, pivot, swivel - 1.1with object Cause to rotate.
she twirled her fork in the pasta Example sentencesExamples - Livi laughed, idly twirling a strand of her hair around her finger.
- I sighed, absent-mindedly twirling a lock of hair around a finger.
- Corrina picked up her fork and twirled it around in her salad, never once raising the food to her mouth.
- Lexa frowned thoughtfully, absently twirling a few strands of dark brown hair between her fingers as she walked.
- The truth is the thing that I excel at in the most is actually baton twirling.
- He absent-mindedly twirled a lock of crimson hair around his finger.
- She twirled the umbrella by rolling it in the palms of her hands.
- The swordsman reached up and gently twirled a lock of her long hair around his finger.
- Sarah idly twirled the white gold band on her wedding finger.
- She gave me a smile as I picked up my fork and started twirling it.
- Deliphine was then twirling the sword with her hands and with one swift movement, she pointed it at him.
- ‘I am,’ said Jacqueline, twirling her fork in her fingers, but not actually touching the food.
- My long cream coloured fingers twirled a black pen, idly, while I thought about home.
- The swordsman then twirled the sword in his hands, and raised it high.
- His black gloved fingers twirled his substantial black moustache.
- Anna reached up and absent-mindedly twirled her finger around one of her golden curls.
- The reporter frowned and idly twirled a black curl between her fingers.
- "Egypt, along the Nile River, " she said, nervously twirling her hair.
- We knew the Calvin who worked with kids, organized basketball camps and taught baton twirling.
- Bored, Emily props her chin up with right hand, absently twirling her hair with the left.
Synonyms wind, twist, coil, curl, wrap - 1.2Baseball with object Pitch (the ball).
Example sentencesExamples - With the Yankee starting rotation in tatters, the rejuvenated Orlando Hernandez twirled an absolute gem.
- Alex twirled the ball with her right hand behind her back.
nountwərltwərl 1An act of spinning. Kate did a twirl in front of the mirror Example sentencesExamples - He caught her out of her twirl and pulled her close to him in front of a camera, making them look like a couple before kissing her cheek, cameras flashing all the while.
- The early shorts show off his great dervishing twirls and kicks.
- The girls were expected to follow pretty complicated choreographed dance and exercise sequences - and one by one they came forward to perform back flips, twirls and even the splits.
- A quick twirl of the moustache and I'm off to The Pub, If I don't write again, have a very Happy Christmas.
- I gave a modeling twirl, hair swishing about my shoulders as I turned.
- Little girls were doing little twirls with the dancing Angelina Ballerina.
- I ran to the kitchen, and I turned, and I did a complete twirl and fell against the wall.
- I kept on skating ahead of him, gathering more and more momentum and doing a complex combination of twirls, spins, and turns.
- She did one final twirl for herself in front of the mirror before smiling to herself again and walking to the door carefully in her tall black pump heels.
- The cherry blossoms danced in random loops and twirls before resting on the grass below our feet.
- Then, with a twirl on her heel, he turned around and walked off in the opposite direction to where Terr'ach was going.
- Laura looked at the food and felt her stomach do twirls and twists.
- Turning on her heel Sheasa did a twirl and stabbed the air.
- We exited the atmosphere perfectly with a few bumps and twirls.
- When he released her she turned around and did a twirl to show off her present.
- My heart became its own circus act, doing several summersaults and then some twirls and a back flip or two, when I heard the sound of her flowing voice.
- The moves they showed me contained many spins, twirls and slashes that looked like they would harm themselves with, but they pulled off easily.
- ‘You can turn around now,’ I said and did a twirl for Kaiek.
- The more you practice, the more complicated moves you'll be able to do, like turns and twirls.
- I performed a few perfunctory twirls and made good my escape.
Synonyms pirouette, spin, whirl, turn - 1.1 A spiraling or swirling shape, especially a flourish made with a pen.
Example sentencesExamples - His waxed moustache had turned into perfect twirls at their ends.
- A telltale sign of both species are the intricate spirals and twirls of their spawn on the base of individual blades of eel-grass, and these will often lead you to the perpetrator.
- Her name in an exquisite, flowing script glistened back at her, the letters furling and flourishing themselves in elegant swirls and twirls.
- He spends his free time pacing back and forth the bridge, stroking the ridges and twirls in the metalwork with his dull black eyes.
Origin Late 16th century: probably an alteration (by association with whirl) of tirl, a variant of archaic trill ‘twiddle, spin’. |