whirl
/(h)wɝl/ verb C1- To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly. · The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.
- To have a sensation of spinning or reeling. · My head is whirling after all that drink.
- To make something or someone whirl. · The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes.
- To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
He/she/it whirls · Past whirled · Past participle whirled · -ing form whirling
Verb forms
- Base form
- whirl
- He/she/it
- whirls
- Past
- whirled
- Past participle
- whirled
- -ing form
- whirling
From the library
The house whirled around two or three times and rose slowly through the air.
After the first few whirls around, and one other time when the house tipped badly, she felt as if she were being rocked gently, like a baby in a cradle.
The Witch gave Dorothy a friendly little nod, whirled around on her left heel three times, and straightway disappeared, much to the surprise of little Toto, who barked after her loudly enough when she had gone, because he had been afraid even to growl while she stood by.
“It astonished me to see him whirl around so.
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