Twirl

Definition: Twirl

Twirl

Noun

1. A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight.

2. The act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting".

Verb

1. Turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind".

2. Cause to spin; "spin a coin".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "twirl" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Synonyms: Twirl

Circuition

Wind, circulate, meander; whisk, twirl; twist; (convolution); make a detour; (circuit).

Convolution

Winding; Verb: convolution, involution, circumvolution; wave, undulation, tortuosity, anfractuosity; sinuosity, sinuation; meandering, circuit, circumbendibus, twist, twirl, windings and turnings, ambages; torsion; inosculation; reticulation; (crossing); rivulation; roughness.

Verb: be convoluted; Adjective:wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl; wave, undulate, meander; inosculate; entwine, intwine; twist, coil, roll; wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill; frizzle; crimp, crape, indent, scollop, scallop, wring, intort; contort; wreathe; (cross).

Rotation

Verb: rotate; roll along; revolve, spin; turn round; circumvolve; circulate; gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, pirouette; twirl, trundle, troll, bowl.

Crosswords: Twirl

Well, you could show me how to twirl hair around my little finger and look vacant. (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll)

This is where you're supposed to twirl your mustache and gloat. (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin)

Humans use these little babies to straighten their hair out. See? Just a little twirl here and a yank there and voila! (The Little Mermaid; writing credit: Roger Allers; Hans Christian Andersen)

Twirl (1981)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Braid It, Cut It, Twist It and Twirl It (reference)

• I Twirl (Teeny-Poppers) (reference)

• Jump, Wiggle, Twirl & Giggle! (Grades PreK-1) (reference)

• Pictish Twirl Journal (reference)

• Wind Toys That Spin, Sing, Twirl & Whirl (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Twirl (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Twirl Da T.W.A.T. (Da Remixes) [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Rösle 10.6-Inch Twirl Whisk (reference)

• WMF Profi Plus 10-Inch Stainless Steel Twirl Whisk (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

And he emphasised this phrase by giving his bunch of trinkets an expressive twirl.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "twirl": platen twirl knob ♦ twirl one's mustache ♦ twirl round ♦ twirl up. Additional references.

Albanian

vërtitje (gyration, gyre, revolution, spin, torsion, turn), rrotullim (circumgyration, cycle, gyration, revolution, rotation, spin, torsion, traverse, turn, turning, wheel, whirlabout), lajle në shkrim. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تدوير (rotation, turning), ‏أدار (administer, boss, carry on, cast, direct, dispense, govern, manage, mobilize, operate, order, preside, procure, rotate, run, slew, slue, spin, spun, steward, superintend, tumble, twiddle, wind, work), ‏دورة (circle, cycle, inning, period, rotation, turning), ‏دوران (circuit, circumvolution, facing, gyration, revolution, rotation, roundness, turning, turnover, wheel, whirl), ‏دار (circle, come round, dwelling, go, gyrate, hand round, home, house, operate, orb, orbit, pan, parlor, parlour, residence, revolve, rotate, round, screw, spin, spun, swing, swing round, swirl, swivel, turn over, twiddle, up and about, wheel, whirl, wind), ‏برم (bore, boredom, impatient, lay, querulous, tire, worry). (various references)

Bulgarian 

завъртулка (curlicue, doodle, quirk, scroll, squiggle), завъртане (revolution, rotation, round, swing, wind), заврънкулка (twiddle). (various references)

Chinese 

转动 (rotate, rotated, rotating, spinning, Spun, Trundled, Trundling, turned, turning, Wheeled, Wheeling), 捻 , �'� (valiant, wrathful). (various references)

Czech

toèit se (curve, go round, revolve, rotate, swim, swirl, turn, twist, veer, whiffle), toèit (shoot, spill, spin, swing, turn, twiddle, twine, twist, whirl, wind), záhyb (crease, Crinkle, fold, gather, meander, plait, ply, pucker, roll, ruck, wrinkle), víření (sound, spin, whir, whirl, whirr), otáèení (gyration, rotation, whirl), kroutit se (squirm, wriggle, writhe), kroužení (gyration, gyre, revolution). (various references)

Farsi 

چرخیدن (Pivot, Reel, Revolve, Rollup, Rotate, Swing, Trill, Troll, Trundle, Turquoise, Wheel, Whirl, Windmill, Wry), چرخش (Evolution, Gyration, Revolution, Roll, Swirl, Troll, Tumble, Turquoise, Wheel, Whirl, Wrench, Wrest), گردش (Canter, Circuit, Gyration, Hike, Jaunt, Meander, Movement, Operation, Period, Progress, Promenade, Race, Rev, Roll, Stroll, Trip, Wrest). (various references)

French

tournoyer, tournoiement, tortiller (twiddle, twist round), rotation, pivoter, pirouette, floriture, faire tournoyer. (various references)

German

sich herumdrehen (slew), schnörkel (curlicue, embellishment, flourish, flourishes, scroll, squiggle), herumwirbeln (spin round), drehen (be about, centre on, change, concern, contort, film, fix, grind, pull, pull off, revolve, roll, rotate, shift, slew, span, spin, spun, swivel, take, throw, to revolve, to turn, to twiddle, to twirl, to twist, turn, turn around, turn round, twiddle, twist, wangle, wheel, wind, work). (various references)

Greek 

συστρέφω (contort, intertwist, twine, wring), συστροφή (contortion, torsion, twine, twist, wring), στρόβιλοσ (scurry, swirl, turbine, vortex, whirl, whirlwind), στριφογύρισμα (spinning), στροβιλίζω (spin, swirl, whirl), γύροσ (brim, circuit, contour, crawl, detour, hem, rim, round, tour, turn). (various references)

Hebrew 

לכרכר (beat about the bush, dance, gyrate, jig, jump, leap, spin), ל�"סתובב במ�"ירות (whirl), כרכור (friskiness, gyration, leap), �"סתובבות (gyration, moving around, rotation, turning, whirl), בליל�" (mixing, mixture, thickening), סלסול (curl, curling, trill, waving). (various references)

Hungarian

pörgetés (twist). (various references)

Indonesian

putaran (capstan, cycle, rotary, rotation, spin), berputar (cycling, gyrate, pivot, rotary). (various references)

Italian

volteggiare (circle, flit, vault), roteare (circulate, gyrate, roll, spin, swing, wheel, whirl), piroetta (pirouette), giravolta (turn, turnaround), ghirigoro (doodle, scribble). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

捻くり回す (to twirl, to twist), 捻くる (to change wording, to fiddle with, to spin, to twirl), 拈くる (to change wording, to fiddle with, to spin, to twirl). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひねくりまわす (to twirl, to twist), ひねくる (to change wording, to fiddle with, to spin, to twirl). (various references)

Manx

lhoob (bend, coil, convolution, curve, flexion, gulf, hank, hoop, link, rabbit snare, shackle, snare, staple clasp, stitch, twine, twine of snake), feogh (curl, whirl), cor (alternate, bastard, bastard of size, circumstance, condition, condition terms, depression, edge, event, fore, odd, turn, turn act), chyndaa (avert, avert eyes, convert, deflect, invert, quirk, return, revolve, translate, turn, turn over), carral (twine, twist, warp), car (during, twist, vicissitude). (various references)

Pig Latin

irltway

Portuguese

torcer (bend, contort, convolute, kink, screw, spin, sprain, strain, tweak, twiddle, twine, twist, warp, wind, wrench, wrick, wring, writhe), voluta (swirl, whorl, wreath), volta (bend, bent, circuit, detour, dog-collar, gyre, jaunt, meander, regress, return, revolution, round, roundabout, slue, spire, stroll, sweep, tour, turnabout, turning, twiddle, twist, wimple, winding), viravolta (turn), rotação (circuit, rev, revolution, rolling, turn, wind), rodopio (spin, swirl, whirl), rodopiar (flutter, waltz, whirl), pirueta (pirouette, stunt), girar rapidamente, floreado (flowery, garniture), fazer andar � volta (twiddle), enrolar (coil, convolute, convolve, crisp, curl, furl, hank, lap, lap up, roll, roll up, twist, wind up, wrap, wrap up), andar � volta (circumambulate, revolve, turn). (various references)

Romanian

vârtej (backwash, bent, bustle, Eddy, giddiness, gulf, gyration, rotation, swirl, vortex, whirl, wind spout), se învârti (circumgyrate, go round, gyrate, mill, move, reel, revolve, run, spin, spin round, swim, swirl, turn, wind), se încolãci (coil, curl up, entwine, twine, twist, wind, wreathe), face piruete (pirouette), învârti (brandish, dance, grind, manipulate, revolve, roll, rotate, spin, turn, turn round, twiddle, twist, wheel, whirl, wield, wind). (various references)

Russian 

кручение (cabling, torsion), вращение (circumgyration, circumvolution, gyration, revolution, roll, rotation, volution, whirlabout), вихрь (curl, maelstrom, merry go round, reel, squall, swirl, vortex, whirl, whirlwind). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

kovitlati (swirl, whirl), kovitlanje (purl, swirl, whirl, whirlabout), brzo okretati, brzo okretanje. (various references)

Spanish

giro (gyration, gyre, order, rotation, spin, turn, whirl). (various references)

Swedish

snurra (peg top, spin, swivel, top, turn, twist, whirl, whirligig, windmill). (various references)

Turkish

kıvrım (bend, convolution, crease, Crimp, curve, flection, flexion, fold, frizz, hook, meander, plait, plat, sinuosity, sweep, twine, twist, undulation, volute), fırıl fırıl dönmek (Eddy, reel, sleep, spin, spin round, swirl, whirl, whirl about, whirl round), fırıl fırıl döndürmek (give smth. a whirl, swirl, whirl), fırıl fırıl dönüş, döndürmek (deflect, return, reverse, revolve, roll, rotate, round off, slew, slew round, slue, slue round, spin, swerve, swing, turn, turn aside, turn inside out, turn over, turn round, twiddle, veer, veer round, wheel, whip, whirl, wind, wind up), burmak (entwist, give smth. a wring, screw, twist, wring), çevirmek (assemble, avert, bowl, change to, commute, convert, decline, deflect, divert, encircle, enclose, exchange, flip, flip over, hedge in, hedge round, inclose, interpret, manage, point, point on, pull, render, revert, roll, roll over, screw, slew, slew round, slue, slue round, spin, surround, switch to, translate, translate into, turn, turn into, turn on, turn over, turn to, twiddle, upturn, whip, wind, wind up, zone), çevirme (assembly, conversion, enclosure, inclosure, rotation, spin, surround, translation, turning). (various references)

Turkmen 

tirlendirmek (roll, twist), tirlemek (roll, twist), pyrlamak (roll up, twist). (various references)

Ukrainian

розчерк (flourish, scroll), вертітися (circle, jib, niggle, roll), вертіти (jib, roll, swing, twiddle, wheel, whirl), вертіння (twiddle), вихор (cowlick, maelstrom, swirl, whirl, whirlwind). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự xoay nhanh vòng xoắn, sự quay nhanh, cuộn nét viết uốn cong. (various references)

contorquere. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "twirl": twirled, twirler, twirlers, twirlier, twirliest, twirling, twirls, twirly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Twirl" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tirl, twar, t'war, tweel, twer, twere, t'were, twert, twier, twil, twild, twirk, twirly, twr, twrip, Twyla, wirl. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: tirl, wilt, writ.

-2 letters: lit, til, wit.

-3 letters: it, li, ti.

+1 letter: twirls, twirly.

+2 letters: twirled, twirler.

+3 letters: fewtrils, milkwort, outwhirl, pilewort, tawdrily, toilworn, trawling, twiddler, twinkler, twirlers, twirlier, twirling, wartlike, waterily, whistler, whittler, willyart, winterly, wintrily, worthily, wrathily, wristlet, writable, writerly.

+4 letters: brawliest, crawliest, drawliest, erstwhile, growliest, interflow, limewater, liverwort, milkworts, outwhirls, pileworts, stairwell, sweltrier, swirliest, swordtail, tailwater, towerlike, triweekly, troweling, twiddlers, twiddlier, twinklers, twirliest, ultrawide, warstling, waterline, wealthier, welfarist, weltering, whirliest, whistlers, whittlers, wrastling, wrestling, wristlets, wristlock.