Whirl - Definition

n 1: confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work";
"a commotion of people fought for the exits" [syn: whirl,
commotion]
2: the shape of something rotating rapidly [syn: whirl,
swirl, vortex, convolution]
3: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it
a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl,
offer]
4: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it
broke off after much twisting" [syn: spin, twirl,
twist, twisting, whirl]
v 1: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled
in the autumn wind" [syn: twirl, swirl, twiddle,
whirl]
2: cause to spin; "spin a coin" [syn: whirl, birl, spin,
twirl]
3: flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: eddy, purl,
whirlpool, swirl, whirl]
4: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The
dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
[syn: spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate]
5: fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke
whirled in the air" [syn: whirl, tumble, whirl around]