Definition of whirl in English:

whirl

verb wəːl(h)wərl

1Move or cause to move rapidly round and round.
no object leaves whirled in eddies of wind
with object I whirled her round the dance hall
Example sentencesExamples
- Predictably, he discovered on arrival at 6.15 on Wednesday night that, while his golf clubs were whirling round the carousel, his luggage had been lost en route.
- All these details whirl round the hub of a performance by Stephens that excites decidedly mixed feelings.
- They leave the walls and whirl round her, then fall like snow to the floor.
- As they whirled and twirled, moving smoothly to the music, they seemed reunited.
- It is also helpful to whirl the water round and then break the egg into the centre of the whirlpool.
- Around her whirled a kaleidoscope of unfamiliar faces, a jumbled chorus of voices sounding in ten different languages.
- The cloud seemed to shimmer slightly, and then it coalesced into two whirling dust devils that raced away towards the enemy at phenomenal speed.
- The wind grew fiercer, sending leaves and twigs whirling around in the air.
- Instead, the fire whipped and whirled around me, crawling up the walls and ceiling as it coursed through the halls.
- The fog whirled and eddied around her as she stepped out into the cobblestone street.
- Every time a Philly player scores a home run, a huge illuminated ‘liberty bell’ will whirl around, flash and chime repeatedly.
- She kicked off her sandals and we started dancing; me whirling her round and round while her bare feet flew frivolously over the grass.
- But her words fell upon deaf ears, Tane was moving, spinning, whirling around with tears in his eyes.
- Words peel off from the text and whirl round the reader, who can also hit the words so that they bounce back to the walls, sometimes taking up different positions from before.
- This work conveys a sense of elements whirling about with the wind, much as in his In the Beginning; the artist makes good use of sgraffito to create additional designs.
- He took Becki's hands in his and they whirled round and round, until Becki felt rather dizzy.
- The wind whistled through the trees, making the leaves whirl round Tanon's head.
- Will I soon be going to Tea Dances at the village hall, whirling Mrs Skidmore round in a slow waltz in between the cups of weak Typhoo and the Garibaldi biscuits?
- The first thing I noticed was the wind and cold exacerbated by the chopper's whirling blades blasting the freezing air down on us.
- Scarlet and rust-colored leaves whirled around his feet with the cool wind.
Synonyms
rotate, turn, turn round, go round, revolve, circle, wheel, orbit, pivot, swivel, gyrate, spin, roll, twirl, pirouette
Scottish birl
1. 1.1 Move or cause to move rapidly.
  no object, with adverbial of direction Sybil stood waving as they whirled past
  figurative a kaleidoscope of images whirled through her brain
  Example sentencesExamples
  The world whirled past me in a blur, and I didn't stop for anything.
  He slammed the brakes as the world whirled around and past him.
  Before Matt could reply, the woman had whirled past him and stopped about two inches from my face.
  Owen, at his most alert and intuitive, spun round to whirl the ball beyond Ricardo with his right foot.
  Gleaming white walls whirled past his sight and then deep blue shadows.
  Eventually, Samantha whirled past me and saw my predicament.
  I pushed past him and whirled down stairs, to see if he was playing tricks with me.
  She whirls into the room, waving what looks like an old dishcloth.
  Whole afternoons must whirl past in a daze at Highgrove with hundreds of people rushing about.
  Synonyms
  hurry, speed, race, run, sprint, dash, bolt, dart, rush, hasten, hurtle, career, streak, shoot, whizz, zoom, go like lightning, go hell for leather, spank along, bowl along, rattle along, whoosh, buzz, swoop, flash, blast, charge, stampede, gallop, sweep, hare, fly, wing, scurry, scud, scutter, scramble
  informal belt, pelt, tear, hotfoot it, leg it, zap, zip, whip, scoot, go like a bat out of hell
  British informal bomb, bucket, shift, go like the clappers
  Scottish informal wheech
  North American informal clip, boogie, hightail, barrel
  North American vulgar slang drag/tear/haul ass
  literary fleet
  archaic post, hie
2. 1.2no object (of the head, mind, or senses) seem to spin round.
  Kate made her way back to the office, her mind whirling
  Example sentencesExamples
  All he knew was that his brain was whirling, his throat was burning, and everything was all wrong.
  My mind whirls; I knew that all of Leo's business transactions weren't going to be the right side of the law, but for the government to be involved shocked me.
  She left them, and made her way back to her bunk, her mind whirling.
  He was once again stoic and calculating, the face was blank, but she could sense that behind it his mind was whirling.
  Her mind was whirling with the fact that he'd kissed her back.
  Elise stared at the missive, brain whirling with unspoken questions.
  It seemed as though her body was dissolving, and as the potency rose, that her mind was whirling, spinning free of her.
  Clutching the tightly wrapped parcel in her hands, she poked her head out again, only to draw it back inside with a quickness that left her heart pounding and her mind whirling.
  I am unable to stand up, and my mind whirls around.
  Her mind was whirling with what a sight that would be when his coughing brought her back to reality and out of dream land.
  I stared out the window, my mind spinning and whirling.
  Mind whirling with sudden recognition, I placed her in my memory as the girl I'd noticed at Demitrav's office.
  I'm still drunk and my head whirls around endlessly.
  Still, my mind whirls as the ground comes crashing upwards, ending in a bone-jarring snap.
  Mind whirling, he turned and headed back inside.
  My mind was whirling with unanswered questions.
  Her mind was whirling too, and before she could think it was a loud, unexpected ‘splash’, and she was thrown into the depth of a blue lake.
  My mind is whirling so quickly, I can't even think.
  But how can you sack out when your brain is whirling over tomorrow's three tests, cheerleading tryouts and your latest crush?
  His brow furrowed in contemplation, his mind whirling.
  Synonyms
  spin, reel, go round, be in a whirl, swim, be/feel giddy, be/feel dizzy

noun wəːl(h)wərl

1in singular A rapid movement round and round.
Example sentencesExamples
- The tempestuous whirl of circum-Antarctic waters is also responsible for their being among the most fertile in the world.
- The rainbows of colour scattered around the room coupled with the whirl of the spinning wheels when they are put into motion is an amazing combination and makes for a very comfortable atmosphere.
- The whirl of snow rises up next to me becoming bigger than life, completely engulfs me and quickly passes over.
- Vesper led Imite on a series of terrifying whirls, wheeling through the starry sky.
- The place is now a mad whirl of gyrating bodies and the music seems louder than ever.
- ‘It's been almost three years,’ Carl mused, looking at the colorful whirls of dancers in front of him.
Synonyms
swirl, flurry, eddy
1. 1.1 Frantic activity of a specified kind.
  the event was all part of the mad social whirl
  Example sentencesExamples
  She enjoyed the novelty of the catwalks and fashion shoots and loved the social whirl that went with it, using parties and functions to network.
  The weekend passed in a non-stop whirl of sporting events and activities.
  But the breathless whirl of activity has an odd calm at its centre.
  The central character of the book is Bunny Maguire, who is launched into the Dublin social whirl and takes to it like a duck to water.
  Modern life whizzes by at a frantic pace and we mere mortals find ourselves in a constant whirl trying to find ways of catching up.
  Mac wrenched her eyes away from his with a gasp and suddenly everything was a whirl of motion.
  My trip, which included Madeira and a whistle-stop tour of the Canary Islands, was filled with a controlled whirl of almost non-stop activities and fun.
  Together they were the centre of the social whirl, whether in New York or living the ex-pat life in Paris.
  The rest was a whirl of action and until I got home, it didn't calm down.
  Galway will be a whirl of activity and colour from Tuesday, when the 26th Galway Arts Festival comes to life.
  From a quiet downtown office Ian Gordon looks down on the whirl of Vancouver's business district but can't make himself believe that what he sees each day, just a few meters from his window, is real.
  Summer is over, and autumn is a whirl of activities at our house.
  It's all a giddy whirl round here, I can tell you.
  They and the whole class they represent will spend the rest of the summer living it up at a whirl of social events.
  He feels that he is treated differently because of his shyness and social phobia - that there is a stigma in this society if one is not caught up in a social whirl.
  In a whirl of activity, the team boarded the aircraft with well over 500 pounds of precious lifesaving equipment.
  And two years after retiring from athletics for the third time in her 31-year life, she is still part of the whirl, unable quite yet to jump off the merry-go-round.
  It was a whirl of motion; things moved so fast Chrysta could hardly keep up.
  Gradually the square becomes a whirl of people.
  We look around and smell the aromas, growing ever more curious about the whirl of activity surrounding us.
  Synonyms
  hurly-burly, hectic activity, bustle, rush, flurry, to-do, fuss, panic, turmoil
  archaic hurry-scurry
  succession, series, sequence, progression, string, chain, cycle, round, merry-go-round
2with adjective or noun modifier A specified kind of sweet or biscuit with a spiral shape.
a hazelnut whirl
Example sentencesExamples
- A collection of male senior employees gather in the boardroom to talk to Balls over coffee and Viennese whirls.
- Towards the end Alex pronounced herself bored and I caught myself trying to come up with a suitable answer to the question ‘how do you make a Viennese whirl?’
- This is piped out into individual chocolate-size whirls and left to dry overnight.

Phrases

give something a whirl

informal Give something a try.
Example sentencesExamples
- I haven't actually tried that particular trick before, but I thought I might give it a whirl and see what happens.
- The best way to truly understand it is to give it a whirl.
- Mandy told me she was participating ‘because my friend told me he was doing it, it sounded like fun, and so I decided to give it a whirl.’
- Then in 2001 I heard about blogging and thought I'd give it a whirl.
- If you've always been curious about the traditional English breakfast, give it a whirl here - they even have a veggie option (minus the black pudding).
- I popped it in the CD-ROM drive to give it a whirl.
- So break out the mixing bowls and give these recipes a whirl.
- She said: ‘One day I thought I would give it a whirl and I found that I actually really enjoyed it.’
- So do give the new album a whirl if you haven't yet, and try listening to it as a descendent of the 60's rather than the 70's and see what you think.
- This service might not work for everyone but it is certainly worth registering for the seven-day free trial and giving it a whirl.
Synonyms
try, try-out, test

in a whirl

In a state of confusion.
Laura's mind was in a whirl
Example sentencesExamples
- Harrogate Town are getting in a whirl ahead of the new season following the announcement of Jacuzzi UK as the club's new sponsors.
- His mind had been in a whirl since his brief meeting at the Devon house with Marie Devon and the enigmatic Lisa.
- As usual, these sorts of fluctuations set the market in a whirl, with mixed reactions to the improvement in the pound's value.
- Keziah sat down at the back of the group, her mind in a whirl.
- Edward was in the stunned process of thanking him, his head still all in a whirl with the terrible news, when the squire entered the room again, followed by Ellen.
- My head was in a whirl with all that I was seeing, and I kept pleading with the baron to make our cab go slower so I could look around.
- Just thinking about the implications of getting the position have had my mind in a whirl all weekend.
- My mind was in a whirl and I didn't know what to do.
- I had never had so many articles of clothing, and the silver and bone brushes, combs, and manicure tools in the kit left me feeling as if my head were in a whirl.
- All this summer's got my head in a whirl, though, and I can barely concentrate.
Synonyms
spin, daze, stupor, muddle, jumble

Derivatives

whirler

noun

Five dancers emerged and performed a hypnotic dance, reminiscent of Mevlana's whirlers in Konya.
Example sentencesExamples
- This is a state-sanctioned occasion, and it is a stately spectacle with many whirlers and a semi-classical orchestra staged in a basketball stadium in front of coachloads of Japanese tourists.

whirlingly

adverbˈwəːlɪŋliˈwərlɪŋli

Lastly the sound of waves wash over into the Shooglenifty track which again starts slowly but builds whirlingly up until you definitely need a beer.
Example sentencesExamples
- If the whirlingly excitable and headlong finale does not match the quality of the other two movements it is sold by the eager and furious Flier and Kondrashin for all it's worth.
- Milton's enthusiastic attack will undoubtedly bring to a whirlingly triumphant conclusion, one of the most exciting pieces written by this master of the musical build-up.

Origin

Middle English: the verb probably from Old Norse hvirfla 'turn about'; the noun partly from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wervel 'spindle', or from Old Norse hvirfill 'circle', from a Germanic base meaning 'rotate'.

Rhymes

birl, burl, churl, curl, earl, Erle, furl, girl, herl, hurl, knurl, merle, pas seul, pearl, purl, Searle, skirl, squirl, swirl, twirl, whorl

Definition of whirl in US English:

whirl

verb(h)wərl(h)wərl

1Move or cause to move rapidly around and around.
no object leaves whirled in eddies of wind
with object I whirled her around the dance floor
Example sentencesExamples
- Around her whirled a kaleidoscope of unfamiliar faces, a jumbled chorus of voices sounding in ten different languages.
- The fog whirled and eddied around her as she stepped out into the cobblestone street.
- This work conveys a sense of elements whirling about with the wind, much as in his In the Beginning; the artist makes good use of sgraffito to create additional designs.
- They leave the walls and whirl round her, then fall like snow to the floor.
- The first thing I noticed was the wind and cold exacerbated by the chopper's whirling blades blasting the freezing air down on us.
- Words peel off from the text and whirl round the reader, who can also hit the words so that they bounce back to the walls, sometimes taking up different positions from before.
- The wind whistled through the trees, making the leaves whirl round Tanon's head.
- But her words fell upon deaf ears, Tane was moving, spinning, whirling around with tears in his eyes.
- Predictably, he discovered on arrival at 6.15 on Wednesday night that, while his golf clubs were whirling round the carousel, his luggage had been lost en route.
- As they whirled and twirled, moving smoothly to the music, they seemed reunited.
- The wind grew fiercer, sending leaves and twigs whirling around in the air.
- Scarlet and rust-colored leaves whirled around his feet with the cool wind.
- She kicked off her sandals and we started dancing; me whirling her round and round while her bare feet flew frivolously over the grass.
- The cloud seemed to shimmer slightly, and then it coalesced into two whirling dust devils that raced away towards the enemy at phenomenal speed.
- Every time a Philly player scores a home run, a huge illuminated ‘liberty bell’ will whirl around, flash and chime repeatedly.
- All these details whirl round the hub of a performance by Stephens that excites decidedly mixed feelings.
- Instead, the fire whipped and whirled around me, crawling up the walls and ceiling as it coursed through the halls.
- It is also helpful to whirl the water round and then break the egg into the centre of the whirlpool.
- He took Becki's hands in his and they whirled round and round, until Becki felt rather dizzy.
- Will I soon be going to Tea Dances at the village hall, whirling Mrs Skidmore round in a slow waltz in between the cups of weak Typhoo and the Garibaldi biscuits?
Synonyms
rotate, turn, turn round, go round, revolve, circle, wheel, orbit, pivot, swivel, gyrate, spin, roll, twirl, pirouette
1. 1.1 Move or cause to move rapidly.
  no object, with adverbial of direction Sybil stood waving as they whirled past
  figurative a kaleidoscope of images whirled through her brain
  with object he was whirled into the bushes
  Example sentencesExamples
  Whole afternoons must whirl past in a daze at Highgrove with hundreds of people rushing about.
  Owen, at his most alert and intuitive, spun round to whirl the ball beyond Ricardo with his right foot.
  Gleaming white walls whirled past his sight and then deep blue shadows.
  I pushed past him and whirled down stairs, to see if he was playing tricks with me.
  Eventually, Samantha whirled past me and saw my predicament.
  He slammed the brakes as the world whirled around and past him.
  Before Matt could reply, the woman had whirled past him and stopped about two inches from my face.
  She whirls into the room, waving what looks like an old dishcloth.
  The world whirled past me in a blur, and I didn't stop for anything.
  Synonyms
  hurry, speed, race, run, sprint, dash, bolt, dart, rush, hasten, hurtle, career, streak, shoot, whizz, zoom, go like lightning, go hell for leather, spank along, bowl along, rattle along, whoosh, buzz, swoop, flash, blast, charge, stampede, gallop, sweep, hare, fly, wing, scurry, scud, scutter, scramble
2. 1.2no object (of the head, mind, or senses) seem to spin around.
  Kate made her way back to the office, her mind whirling
  Example sentencesExamples
  She left them, and made her way back to her bunk, her mind whirling.
  Still, my mind whirls as the ground comes crashing upwards, ending in a bone-jarring snap.
  Her mind was whirling with what a sight that would be when his coughing brought her back to reality and out of dream land.
  His brow furrowed in contemplation, his mind whirling.
  I'm still drunk and my head whirls around endlessly.
  He was once again stoic and calculating, the face was blank, but she could sense that behind it his mind was whirling.
  Elise stared at the missive, brain whirling with unspoken questions.
  It seemed as though her body was dissolving, and as the potency rose, that her mind was whirling, spinning free of her.
  My mind was whirling with unanswered questions.
  Her mind was whirling too, and before she could think it was a loud, unexpected ‘splash’, and she was thrown into the depth of a blue lake.
  My mind is whirling so quickly, I can't even think.
  Mind whirling with sudden recognition, I placed her in my memory as the girl I'd noticed at Demitrav's office.
  I am unable to stand up, and my mind whirls around.
  All he knew was that his brain was whirling, his throat was burning, and everything was all wrong.
  Her mind was whirling with the fact that he'd kissed her back.
  Mind whirling, he turned and headed back inside.
  Clutching the tightly wrapped parcel in her hands, she poked her head out again, only to draw it back inside with a quickness that left her heart pounding and her mind whirling.
  My mind whirls; I knew that all of Leo's business transactions weren't going to be the right side of the law, but for the government to be involved shocked me.
  But how can you sack out when your brain is whirling over tomorrow's three tests, cheerleading tryouts and your latest crush?
  I stared out the window, my mind spinning and whirling.
  Synonyms
  spin, reel, go round, be in a whirl, swim, be giddy, feel giddy, be dizzy, feel dizzy

noun(h)wərl(h)wərl

1A rapid movement around and around.
Example sentencesExamples
- The place is now a mad whirl of gyrating bodies and the music seems louder than ever.
- The tempestuous whirl of circum-Antarctic waters is also responsible for their being among the most fertile in the world.
- ‘It's been almost three years,’ Carl mused, looking at the colorful whirls of dancers in front of him.
- Vesper led Imite on a series of terrifying whirls, wheeling through the starry sky.
- The whirl of snow rises up next to me becoming bigger than life, completely engulfs me and quickly passes over.
- The rainbows of colour scattered around the room coupled with the whirl of the spinning wheels when they are put into motion is an amazing combination and makes for a very comfortable atmosphere.
Synonyms
swirl, flurry, eddy
1. 1.1 Frantic activity of a specified kind.
  the event was all part of the mad social whirl
  Example sentencesExamples
  My trip, which included Madeira and a whistle-stop tour of the Canary Islands, was filled with a controlled whirl of almost non-stop activities and fun.
  It's all a giddy whirl round here, I can tell you.
  Galway will be a whirl of activity and colour from Tuesday, when the 26th Galway Arts Festival comes to life.
  Gradually the square becomes a whirl of people.
  She enjoyed the novelty of the catwalks and fashion shoots and loved the social whirl that went with it, using parties and functions to network.
  They and the whole class they represent will spend the rest of the summer living it up at a whirl of social events.
  But the breathless whirl of activity has an odd calm at its centre.
  Summer is over, and autumn is a whirl of activities at our house.
  From a quiet downtown office Ian Gordon looks down on the whirl of Vancouver's business district but can't make himself believe that what he sees each day, just a few meters from his window, is real.
  Mac wrenched her eyes away from his with a gasp and suddenly everything was a whirl of motion.
  The central character of the book is Bunny Maguire, who is launched into the Dublin social whirl and takes to it like a duck to water.
  And two years after retiring from athletics for the third time in her 31-year life, she is still part of the whirl, unable quite yet to jump off the merry-go-round.
  He feels that he is treated differently because of his shyness and social phobia - that there is a stigma in this society if one is not caught up in a social whirl.
  The weekend passed in a non-stop whirl of sporting events and activities.
  It was a whirl of motion; things moved so fast Chrysta could hardly keep up.
  The rest was a whirl of action and until I got home, it didn't calm down.
  In a whirl of activity, the team boarded the aircraft with well over 500 pounds of precious lifesaving equipment.
  We look around and smell the aromas, growing ever more curious about the whirl of activity surrounding us.
  Together they were the centre of the social whirl, whether in New York or living the ex-pat life in Paris.
  Modern life whizzes by at a frantic pace and we mere mortals find ourselves in a constant whirl trying to find ways of catching up.
  Synonyms
  hurly-burly, hectic activity, bustle, rush, flurry, to-do, fuss, panic, turmoil
  succession, series, sequence, progression, string, chain, cycle, round, merry-go-round
2. 1.2with modifier A specified kind of candy or cookie with a spiral shape.
  a hazelnut whirl
  Example sentencesExamples
  Towards the end Alex pronounced herself bored and I caught myself trying to come up with a suitable answer to the question ‘how do you make a Viennese whirl?’
  This is piped out into individual chocolate-size whirls and left to dry overnight.
  A collection of male senior employees gather in the boardroom to talk to Balls over coffee and Viennese whirls.

Phrases

give something a whirl

informal Give something a try.
Example sentencesExamples
- I popped it in the CD-ROM drive to give it a whirl.
- The best way to truly understand it is to give it a whirl.
- So break out the mixing bowls and give these recipes a whirl.
- Mandy told me she was participating ‘because my friend told me he was doing it, it sounded like fun, and so I decided to give it a whirl.’
- Then in 2001 I heard about blogging and thought I'd give it a whirl.
- So do give the new album a whirl if you haven't yet, and try listening to it as a descendent of the 60's rather than the 70's and see what you think.
- She said: ‘One day I thought I would give it a whirl and I found that I actually really enjoyed it.’
- This service might not work for everyone but it is certainly worth registering for the seven-day free trial and giving it a whirl.
- If you've always been curious about the traditional English breakfast, give it a whirl here - they even have a veggie option (minus the black pudding).
- I haven't actually tried that particular trick before, but I thought I might give it a whirl and see what happens.
Synonyms
try, try-out, test

in a whirl

In a state of confusion.
Example sentencesExamples
- All this summer's got my head in a whirl, though, and I can barely concentrate.
- My head was in a whirl with all that I was seeing, and I kept pleading with the baron to make our cab go slower so I could look around.
- My mind was in a whirl and I didn't know what to do.
- His mind had been in a whirl since his brief meeting at the Devon house with Marie Devon and the enigmatic Lisa.
- Edward was in the stunned process of thanking him, his head still all in a whirl with the terrible news, when the squire entered the room again, followed by Ellen.
- Keziah sat down at the back of the group, her mind in a whirl.
- As usual, these sorts of fluctuations set the market in a whirl, with mixed reactions to the improvement in the pound's value.
- I had never had so many articles of clothing, and the silver and bone brushes, combs, and manicure tools in the kit left me feeling as if my head were in a whirl.
- Harrogate Town are getting in a whirl ahead of the new season following the announcement of Jacuzzi UK as the club's new sponsors.
- Just thinking about the implications of getting the position have had my mind in a whirl all weekend.
Synonyms
spin, daze, stupor, muddle, jumble

Origin

Middle English: the verb probably from Old Norse hvirfla ‘turn about’; the noun partly from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wervel ‘spindle’, or from Old Norse hvirfill ‘circle’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘rotate’.

单词	whirl
释义	Definition of whirl in English: whirl verb wəːl(h)wərl 1Move or cause to move rapidly round and round. no object leaves whirled in eddies of wind with object I whirled her round the dance hall Example sentencesExamples Predictably, he discovered on arrival at 6.15 on Wednesday night that, while his golf clubs were whirling round the carousel, his luggage had been lost en route. All these details whirl round the hub of a performance by Stephens that excites decidedly mixed feelings. They leave the walls and whirl round her, then fall like snow to the floor. As they whirled and twirled, moving smoothly to the music, they seemed reunited. It is also helpful to whirl the water round and then break the egg into the centre of the whirlpool. Around her whirled a kaleidoscope of unfamiliar faces, a jumbled chorus of voices sounding in ten different languages. The cloud seemed to shimmer slightly, and then it coalesced into two whirling dust devils that raced away towards the enemy at phenomenal speed. The wind grew fiercer, sending leaves and twigs whirling around in the air. Instead, the fire whipped and whirled around me, crawling up the walls and ceiling as it coursed through the halls. The fog whirled and eddied around her as she stepped out into the cobblestone street. Every time a Philly player scores a home run, a huge illuminated ‘liberty bell’ will whirl around, flash and chime repeatedly. She kicked off her sandals and we started dancing; me whirling her round and round while her bare feet flew frivolously over the grass. But her words fell upon deaf ears, Tane was moving, spinning, whirling around with tears in his eyes. Words peel off from the text and whirl round the reader, who can also hit the words so that they bounce back to the walls, sometimes taking up different positions from before. This work conveys a sense of elements whirling about with the wind, much as in his In the Beginning; the artist makes good use of sgraffito to create additional designs. He took Becki's hands in his and they whirled round and round, until Becki felt rather dizzy. The wind whistled through the trees, making the leaves whirl round Tanon's head. Will I soon be going to Tea Dances at the village hall, whirling Mrs Skidmore round in a slow waltz in between the cups of weak Typhoo and the Garibaldi biscuits? The first thing I noticed was the wind and cold exacerbated by the chopper's whirling blades blasting the freezing air down on us. Scarlet and rust-colored leaves whirled around his feet with the cool wind. Synonyms rotate, turn, turn round, go round, revolve, circle, wheel, orbit, pivot, swivel, gyrate, spin, roll, twirl, pirouette Scottish birl 1.1 Move or cause to move rapidly. no object, with adverbial of direction Sybil stood waving as they whirled past figurative a kaleidoscope of images whirled through her brain Example sentencesExamples The world whirled past me in a blur, and I didn't stop for anything. He slammed the brakes as the world whirled around and past him. Before Matt could reply, the woman had whirled past him and stopped about two inches from my face. Owen, at his most alert and intuitive, spun round to whirl the ball beyond Ricardo with his right foot. Gleaming white walls whirled past his sight and then deep blue shadows. Eventually, Samantha whirled past me and saw my predicament. I pushed past him and whirled down stairs, to see if he was playing tricks with me. She whirls into the room, waving what looks like an old dishcloth. Whole afternoons must whirl past in a daze at Highgrove with hundreds of people rushing about. Synonyms hurry, speed, race, run, sprint, dash, bolt, dart, rush, hasten, hurtle, career, streak, shoot, whizz, zoom, go like lightning, go hell for leather, spank along, bowl along, rattle along, whoosh, buzz, swoop, flash, blast, charge, stampede, gallop, sweep, hare, fly, wing, scurry, scud, scutter, scramble informal belt, pelt, tear, hotfoot it, leg it, zap, zip, whip, scoot, go like a bat out of hell British informal bomb, bucket, shift, go like the clappers Scottish informal wheech North American informal clip, boogie, hightail, barrel North American vulgar slang drag/tear/haul ass literary fleet archaic post, hie 1.2no object (of the head, mind, or senses) seem to spin round. Kate made her way back to the office, her mind whirling Example sentencesExamples All he knew was that his brain was whirling, his throat was burning, and everything was all wrong. My mind whirls; I knew that all of Leo's business transactions weren't going to be the right side of the law, but for the government to be involved shocked me. She left them, and made her way back to her bunk, her mind whirling. He was once again stoic and calculating, the face was blank, but she could sense that behind it his mind was whirling. Her mind was whirling with the fact that he'd kissed her back. Elise stared at the missive, brain whirling with unspoken questions. It seemed as though her body was dissolving, and as the potency rose, that her mind was whirling, spinning free of her. Clutching the tightly wrapped parcel in her hands, she poked her head out again, only to draw it back inside with a quickness that left her heart pounding and her mind whirling. I am unable to stand up, and my mind whirls around. Her mind was whirling with what a sight that would be when his coughing brought her back to reality and out of dream land. I stared out the window, my mind spinning and whirling. Mind whirling with sudden recognition, I placed her in my memory as the girl I'd noticed at Demitrav's office. I'm still drunk and my head whirls around endlessly. Still, my mind whirls as the ground comes crashing upwards, ending in a bone-jarring snap. Mind whirling, he turned and headed back inside. My mind was whirling with unanswered questions. Her mind was whirling too, and before she could think it was a loud, unexpected ‘splash’, and she was thrown into the depth of a blue lake. My mind is whirling so quickly, I can't even think. But how can you sack out when your brain is whirling over tomorrow's three tests, cheerleading tryouts and your latest crush? His brow furrowed in contemplation, his mind whirling. Synonyms spin, reel, go round, be in a whirl, swim, be/feel giddy, be/feel dizzy noun wəːl(h)wərl 1in singular A rapid movement round and round. Example sentencesExamples The tempestuous whirl of circum-Antarctic waters is also responsible for their being among the most fertile in the world. The rainbows of colour scattered around the room coupled with the whirl of the spinning wheels when they are put into motion is an amazing combination and makes for a very comfortable atmosphere. The whirl of snow rises up next to me becoming bigger than life, completely engulfs me and quickly passes over. Vesper led Imite on a series of terrifying whirls, wheeling through the starry sky. The place is now a mad whirl of gyrating bodies and the music seems louder than ever. ‘It's been almost three years,’ Carl mused, looking at the colorful whirls of dancers in front of him. Synonyms swirl, flurry, eddy 1.1 Frantic activity of a specified kind. the event was all part of the mad social whirl Example sentencesExamples She enjoyed the novelty of the catwalks and fashion shoots and loved the social whirl that went with it, using parties and functions to network. The weekend passed in a non-stop whirl of sporting events and activities. But the breathless whirl of activity has an odd calm at its centre. The central character of the book is Bunny Maguire, who is launched into the Dublin social whirl and takes to it like a duck to water. Modern life whizzes by at a frantic pace and we mere mortals find ourselves in a constant whirl trying to find ways of catching up. Mac wrenched her eyes away from his with a gasp and suddenly everything was a whirl of motion. My trip, which included Madeira and a whistle-stop tour of the Canary Islands, was filled with a controlled whirl of almost non-stop activities and fun. Together they were the centre of the social whirl, whether in New York or living the ex-pat life in Paris. The rest was a whirl of action and until I got home, it didn't calm down. Galway will be a whirl of activity and colour from Tuesday, when the 26th Galway Arts Festival comes to life. From a quiet downtown office Ian Gordon looks down on the whirl of Vancouver's business district but can't make himself believe that what he sees each day, just a few meters from his window, is real. Summer is over, and autumn is a whirl of activities at our house. It's all a giddy whirl round here, I can tell you. They and the whole class they represent will spend the rest of the summer living it up at a whirl of social events. He feels that he is treated differently because of his shyness and social phobia - that there is a stigma in this society if one is not caught up in a social whirl. In a whirl of activity, the team boarded the aircraft with well over 500 pounds of precious lifesaving equipment. And two years after retiring from athletics for the third time in her 31-year life, she is still part of the whirl, unable quite yet to jump off the merry-go-round. It was a whirl of motion; things moved so fast Chrysta could hardly keep up. Gradually the square becomes a whirl of people. We look around and smell the aromas, growing ever more curious about the whirl of activity surrounding us. Synonyms hurly-burly, hectic activity, bustle, rush, flurry, to-do, fuss, panic, turmoil archaic hurry-scurry succession, series, sequence, progression, string, chain, cycle, round, merry-go-round 2with adjective or noun modifier A specified kind of sweet or biscuit with a spiral shape. a hazelnut whirl Example sentencesExamples A collection of male senior employees gather in the boardroom to talk to Balls over coffee and Viennese whirls. Towards the end Alex pronounced herself bored and I caught myself trying to come up with a suitable answer to the question ‘how do you make a Viennese whirl?’ This is piped out into individual chocolate-size whirls and left to dry overnight. Phrases give something a whirl informal Give something a try. Example sentencesExamples I haven't actually tried that particular trick before, but I thought I might give it a whirl and see what happens. The best way to truly understand it is to give it a whirl. Mandy told me she was participating ‘because my friend told me he was doing it, it sounded like fun, and so I decided to give it a whirl.’ Then in 2001 I heard about blogging and thought I'd give it a whirl. If you've always been curious about the traditional English breakfast, give it a whirl here - they even have a veggie option (minus the black pudding). I popped it in the CD-ROM drive to give it a whirl. So break out the mixing bowls and give these recipes a whirl. She said: ‘One day I thought I would give it a whirl and I found that I actually really enjoyed it.’ So do give the new album a whirl if you haven't yet, and try listening to it as a descendent of the 60's rather than the 70's and see what you think. This service might not work for everyone but it is certainly worth registering for the seven-day free trial and giving it a whirl. Synonyms try, try-out, test in a whirl In a state of confusion. Laura's mind was in a whirl Example sentencesExamples Harrogate Town are getting in a whirl ahead of the new season following the announcement of Jacuzzi UK as the club's new sponsors. His mind had been in a whirl since his brief meeting at the Devon house with Marie Devon and the enigmatic Lisa. As usual, these sorts of fluctuations set the market in a whirl, with mixed reactions to the improvement in the pound's value. Keziah sat down at the back of the group, her mind in a whirl. Edward was in the stunned process of thanking him, his head still all in a whirl with the terrible news, when the squire entered the room again, followed by Ellen. My head was in a whirl with all that I was seeing, and I kept pleading with the baron to make our cab go slower so I could look around. Just thinking about the implications of getting the position have had my mind in a whirl all weekend. My mind was in a whirl and I didn't know what to do. I had never had so many articles of clothing, and the silver and bone brushes, combs, and manicure tools in the kit left me feeling as if my head were in a whirl. All this summer's got my head in a whirl, though, and I can barely concentrate. Synonyms spin, daze, stupor, muddle, jumble Derivatives whirler noun Five dancers emerged and performed a hypnotic dance, reminiscent of Mevlana's whirlers in Konya. Example sentencesExamples This is a state-sanctioned occasion, and it is a stately spectacle with many whirlers and a semi-classical orchestra staged in a basketball stadium in front of coachloads of Japanese tourists. whirlingly adverbˈwəːlɪŋliˈwərlɪŋli Lastly the sound of waves wash over into the Shooglenifty track which again starts slowly but builds whirlingly up until you definitely need a beer. Example sentencesExamples If the whirlingly excitable and headlong finale does not match the quality of the other two movements it is sold by the eager and furious Flier and Kondrashin for all it's worth. Milton's enthusiastic attack will undoubtedly bring to a whirlingly triumphant conclusion, one of the most exciting pieces written by this master of the musical build-up. Origin Middle English: the verb probably from Old Norse hvirfla 'turn about'; the noun partly from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wervel 'spindle', or from Old Norse hvirfill 'circle', from a Germanic base meaning 'rotate'. Rhymes birl, burl, churl, curl, earl, Erle, furl, girl, herl, hurl, knurl, merle, pas seul, pearl, purl, Searle, skirl, squirl, swirl, twirl, whorl verb.1 phr. Definition of whirl in US English: whirl verb(h)wərl(h)wərl 1Move or cause to move rapidly around and around. no object leaves whirled in eddies of wind with object I whirled her around the dance floor Example sentencesExamples Around her whirled a kaleidoscope of unfamiliar faces, a jumbled chorus of voices sounding in ten different languages. The fog whirled and eddied around her as she stepped out into the cobblestone street. This work conveys a sense of elements whirling about with the wind, much as in his In the Beginning; the artist makes good use of sgraffito to create additional designs. They leave the walls and whirl round her, then fall like snow to the floor. The first thing I noticed was the wind and cold exacerbated by the chopper's whirling blades blasting the freezing air down on us. Words peel off from the text and whirl round the reader, who can also hit the words so that they bounce back to the walls, sometimes taking up different positions from before. The wind whistled through the trees, making the leaves whirl round Tanon's head. But her words fell upon deaf ears, Tane was moving, spinning, whirling around with tears in his eyes. Predictably, he discovered on arrival at 6.15 on Wednesday night that, while his golf clubs were whirling round the carousel, his luggage had been lost en route. As they whirled and twirled, moving smoothly to the music, they seemed reunited. The wind grew fiercer, sending leaves and twigs whirling around in the air. Scarlet and rust-colored leaves whirled around his feet with the cool wind. She kicked off her sandals and we started dancing; me whirling her round and round while her bare feet flew frivolously over the grass. The cloud seemed to shimmer slightly, and then it coalesced into two whirling dust devils that raced away towards the enemy at phenomenal speed. Every time a Philly player scores a home run, a huge illuminated ‘liberty bell’ will whirl around, flash and chime repeatedly. All these details whirl round the hub of a performance by Stephens that excites decidedly mixed feelings. Instead, the fire whipped and whirled around me, crawling up the walls and ceiling as it coursed through the halls. It is also helpful to whirl the water round and then break the egg into the centre of the whirlpool. He took Becki's hands in his and they whirled round and round, until Becki felt rather dizzy. Will I soon be going to Tea Dances at the village hall, whirling Mrs Skidmore round in a slow waltz in between the cups of weak Typhoo and the Garibaldi biscuits? Synonyms rotate, turn, turn round, go round, revolve, circle, wheel, orbit, pivot, swivel, gyrate, spin, roll, twirl, pirouette 1.1 Move or cause to move rapidly. no object, with adverbial of direction Sybil stood waving as they whirled past figurative a kaleidoscope of images whirled through her brain with object he was whirled into the bushes Example sentencesExamples Whole afternoons must whirl past in a daze at Highgrove with hundreds of people rushing about. Owen, at his most alert and intuitive, spun round to whirl the ball beyond Ricardo with his right foot. Gleaming white walls whirled past his sight and then deep blue shadows. I pushed past him and whirled down stairs, to see if he was playing tricks with me. Eventually, Samantha whirled past me and saw my predicament. He slammed the brakes as the world whirled around and past him. Before Matt could reply, the woman had whirled past him and stopped about two inches from my face. She whirls into the room, waving what looks like an old dishcloth. The world whirled past me in a blur, and I didn't stop for anything. Synonyms hurry, speed, race, run, sprint, dash, bolt, dart, rush, hasten, hurtle, career, streak, shoot, whizz, zoom, go like lightning, go hell for leather, spank along, bowl along, rattle along, whoosh, buzz, swoop, flash, blast, charge, stampede, gallop, sweep, hare, fly, wing, scurry, scud, scutter, scramble 1.2no object (of the head, mind, or senses) seem to spin around. Kate made her way back to the office, her mind whirling Example sentencesExamples She left them, and made her way back to her bunk, her mind whirling. Still, my mind whirls as the ground comes crashing upwards, ending in a bone-jarring snap. Her mind was whirling with what a sight that would be when his coughing brought her back to reality and out of dream land. His brow furrowed in contemplation, his mind whirling. I'm still drunk and my head whirls around endlessly. He was once again stoic and calculating, the face was blank, but she could sense that behind it his mind was whirling. Elise stared at the missive, brain whirling with unspoken questions. It seemed as though her body was dissolving, and as the potency rose, that her mind was whirling, spinning free of her. My mind was whirling with unanswered questions. Her mind was whirling too, and before she could think it was a loud, unexpected ‘splash’, and she was thrown into the depth of a blue lake. My mind is whirling so quickly, I can't even think. Mind whirling with sudden recognition, I placed her in my memory as the girl I'd noticed at Demitrav's office. I am unable to stand up, and my mind whirls around. All he knew was that his brain was whirling, his throat was burning, and everything was all wrong. Her mind was whirling with the fact that he'd kissed her back. Mind whirling, he turned and headed back inside. Clutching the tightly wrapped parcel in her hands, she poked her head out again, only to draw it back inside with a quickness that left her heart pounding and her mind whirling. My mind whirls; I knew that all of Leo's business transactions weren't going to be the right side of the law, but for the government to be involved shocked me. But how can you sack out when your brain is whirling over tomorrow's three tests, cheerleading tryouts and your latest crush? I stared out the window, my mind spinning and whirling. Synonyms spin, reel, go round, be in a whirl, swim, be giddy, feel giddy, be dizzy, feel dizzy noun(h)wərl(h)wərl 1A rapid movement around and around. Example sentencesExamples The place is now a mad whirl of gyrating bodies and the music seems louder than ever. The tempestuous whirl of circum-Antarctic waters is also responsible for their being among the most fertile in the world. ‘It's been almost three years,’ Carl mused, looking at the colorful whirls of dancers in front of him. Vesper led Imite on a series of terrifying whirls, wheeling through the starry sky. The whirl of snow rises up next to me becoming bigger than life, completely engulfs me and quickly passes over. The rainbows of colour scattered around the room coupled with the whirl of the spinning wheels when they are put into motion is an amazing combination and makes for a very comfortable atmosphere. Synonyms swirl, flurry, eddy 1.1 Frantic activity of a specified kind. the event was all part of the mad social whirl Example sentencesExamples My trip, which included Madeira and a whistle-stop tour of the Canary Islands, was filled with a controlled whirl of almost non-stop activities and fun. It's all a giddy whirl round here, I can tell you. Galway will be a whirl of activity and colour from Tuesday, when the 26th Galway Arts Festival comes to life. Gradually the square becomes a whirl of people. She enjoyed the novelty of the catwalks and fashion shoots and loved the social whirl that went with it, using parties and functions to network. They and the whole class they represent will spend the rest of the summer living it up at a whirl of social events. But the breathless whirl of activity has an odd calm at its centre. Summer is over, and autumn is a whirl of activities at our house. From a quiet downtown office Ian Gordon looks down on the whirl of Vancouver's business district but can't make himself believe that what he sees each day, just a few meters from his window, is real. Mac wrenched her eyes away from his with a gasp and suddenly everything was a whirl of motion. The central character of the book is Bunny Maguire, who is launched into the Dublin social whirl and takes to it like a duck to water. And two years after retiring from athletics for the third time in her 31-year life, she is still part of the whirl, unable quite yet to jump off the merry-go-round. He feels that he is treated differently because of his shyness and social phobia - that there is a stigma in this society if one is not caught up in a social whirl. The weekend passed in a non-stop whirl of sporting events and activities. It was a whirl of motion; things moved so fast Chrysta could hardly keep up. The rest was a whirl of action and until I got home, it didn't calm down. In a whirl of activity, the team boarded the aircraft with well over 500 pounds of precious lifesaving equipment. We look around and smell the aromas, growing ever more curious about the whirl of activity surrounding us. Together they were the centre of the social whirl, whether in New York or living the ex-pat life in Paris. Modern life whizzes by at a frantic pace and we mere mortals find ourselves in a constant whirl trying to find ways of catching up. Synonyms hurly-burly, hectic activity, bustle, rush, flurry, to-do, fuss, panic, turmoil succession, series, sequence, progression, string, chain, cycle, round, merry-go-round 1.2with modifier A specified kind of candy or cookie with a spiral shape. a hazelnut whirl Example sentencesExamples Towards the end Alex pronounced herself bored and I caught myself trying to come up with a suitable answer to the question ‘how do you make a Viennese whirl?’ This is piped out into individual chocolate-size whirls and left to dry overnight. A collection of male senior employees gather in the boardroom to talk to Balls over coffee and Viennese whirls. Phrases give something a whirl informal Give something a try. Example sentencesExamples I popped it in the CD-ROM drive to give it a whirl. The best way to truly understand it is to give it a whirl. So break out the mixing bowls and give these recipes a whirl. Mandy told me she was participating ‘because my friend told me he was doing it, it sounded like fun, and so I decided to give it a whirl.’ Then in 2001 I heard about blogging and thought I'd give it a whirl. So do give the new album a whirl if you haven't yet, and try listening to it as a descendent of the 60's rather than the 70's and see what you think. She said: ‘One day I thought I would give it a whirl and I found that I actually really enjoyed it.’ This service might not work for everyone but it is certainly worth registering for the seven-day free trial and giving it a whirl. If you've always been curious about the traditional English breakfast, give it a whirl here - they even have a veggie option (minus the black pudding). I haven't actually tried that particular trick before, but I thought I might give it a whirl and see what happens. Synonyms try, try-out, test in a whirl In a state of confusion. Example sentencesExamples All this summer's got my head in a whirl, though, and I can barely concentrate. My head was in a whirl with all that I was seeing, and I kept pleading with the baron to make our cab go slower so I could look around. My mind was in a whirl and I didn't know what to do. His mind had been in a whirl since his brief meeting at the Devon house with Marie Devon and the enigmatic Lisa. Edward was in the stunned process of thanking him, his head still all in a whirl with the terrible news, when the squire entered the room again, followed by Ellen. Keziah sat down at the back of the group, her mind in a whirl. As usual, these sorts of fluctuations set the market in a whirl, with mixed reactions to the improvement in the pound's value. I had never had so many articles of clothing, and the silver and bone brushes, combs, and manicure tools in the kit left me feeling as if my head were in a whirl. Harrogate Town are getting in a whirl ahead of the new season following the announcement of Jacuzzi UK as the club's new sponsors. Just thinking about the implications of getting the position have had my mind in a whirl all weekend. Synonyms spin, daze, stupor, muddle, jumble Origin Middle English: the verb probably from Old Norse hvirfla ‘turn about’; the noun partly from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wervel ‘spindle’, or from Old Norse hvirfill ‘circle’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘rotate’. verb.1 phr.
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