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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024swirl /swɜrl/USA pronunciation v. - to move around or along with a whirling motion;
whirl: [no object]The water swirled down the drain.[~ + object]She swirled her hair in her fingers. - to be dizzy or giddy, as the head:[no object]Riding the roller coaster made my head swirl.
n. [countable] - a swirling movement.
- a twist, as of hair around the head.
- any curving, twisting line, shape, or form.
- confusion;
disorder:[usually singular]Things were in a swirl at the office.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swirl (swûrl),USA pronunciation v.i. - to move around or along with a whirling motion;
whirl;
eddy. - to be dizzy or giddy, as the head.
v.t. - to cause to whirl;
twist.
n. - a swirling movement;
whirl;
eddy. - a twist, as of hair around the head or of trimming on a hat.
- any curving, twisting line, shape, or form.
- confusion;
disorder.
- a root *swir- (whence Danish svirre to whirl, German schwirren to whir) + -l- frequentative suffix
- Scandinavian; compare Norwegian svirla; cognate with Dutch zwirrelen to whirl, German (dialect, dialectal) schwirrlen to totter; all
- late Middle English (north) 1375–1425
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged reel, spin.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: swirl /swɜːl/ vb - to turn or cause to turn in a twisting spinning fashion
- (intransitive) to be dizzy; swim: my head was swirling
n - a whirling or spinning motion, esp in water
- a whorl; curl
- the act of swirling or stirring
- dizzy confusion
Etymology: 15th Century: probably from Dutch zwirrelen; related to Norwegian svirla, German schwirrenˈswirling adj ˈswirly adj |